[1] The city is administratively subdivided into two union councils[1] and is the location of the Khewra Salt Mine.

Khewra Salt Mine was reopened in 1872 by a local family of Janjua Rajputs, after the British had wrested control from the Sikhs.

[citation needed] In 2003 a major restoration work was carried out at the mines to make it a tourist destination.

The tourist attractions inside the mine include Assembly Hall, Pul-saraat, indoor brine ponds, Badshahi Mosque, Sheesh Mahal, Crystal Valley, Minar-E-Pakistan, Narrow Gauge Electric Railway, Pakistan Post Office, salt crystal formations and old mining machinery.

[citation needed] Metha Patan Valley has a potential for mountaineering and rock climbing.