Himalayan salt is rock salt or halite from the Punjab region of Pakistan. It is mined at the Khewra Salt Mine in Khewra, Jhelum District, Punjab, which is situated in the foothills of the Salt Range hill system in the Punjab province of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It is located approximately 310 kilometres (190 mi) from the Himalayas, 260 kilometres (160 mi) from Lahore, and 298 kilometres (185 mi) from Amritsar, India.[