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0131.588° N · 74.323° E
Place guide · بادشاہی مسجدBadshahi Mosque

The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir and completed in 1673. It is one of the largest mosques in the world and a defining symbol of Mughal architecture in Pakistan.

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0235.882° N · 76.515° E
Place guide · کے ٹو / ChogoriK2

K2, at 8,611 metres, is the second-highest mountain on Earth and widely considered the most difficult and dangerous to climb. Located in the Karakoram range on the Pakistan-China border, it is known among mountaineers as the Savage Mountain after George Bell's 1953 remark that it tried to kill them.

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0336.000° N · 71.800° E
Place guide · کَلَشKalash Valleys

The Kalash Valleys — Rumbur, Bumburet and Birir — are home to the Kalash people, a small ethnic and religious minority of the Hindu Kush mountains in Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Kalash maintain a distinct culture, language and polytheistic religion that sets them apart from their Muslim neighbours.

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0432.647° N · 73.012° E
Place guide · کھیوڑا نمک کی کانKhewra Salt Mines

The Khewra Salt Mines are one of the oldest and largest salt mines in the world, located in the Salt Range of Punjab, Pakistan. The mines have been in operation since the time of the Mauryan Empire in the 4th century BCE and produce pharmaceutical-grade salt as well as serving as a tourist destination.

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0527.325° N · 68.133° E
Place guide · موئن جو دڑوMohenjo-daro

Mohenjo-daro — meaning 'Mound of the Dead' in Sindhi — was one of the largest urban settlements of the Indus Valley Civilisation, flourishing between 2600 and 1900 BCE. Located in modern-day Sindh, Pakistan, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

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0634.286° N · 71.947° E
Place guide · تختِ بہایTakht-i-Bahi

Takht-i-Bahi is a Buddhist monastic complex founded in the early 1st century CE on a hilltop near Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is one of the most complete and best-preserved Buddhist sites in South Asia and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980.

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