Piggs Peak is a town in the Hhohho district of northwestern Eswatini, founded around gold prospecting in 1884 and named after William Pigg, an early resident who discovered a gold reef there on 26 March that year. Though gold prospecting launched the settlement, its main industry today is forestry. The area is also home to the Phophonyane Falls and the Piggs Peak Casino, and the Maguga Dam, a 115 meter high structure on the Komati River completed in 2001, lies about 12 kilometers south of the town.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude25.966667 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Piggs Peak (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 4,568 (2013)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -25.966667, longitude 31.25
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1057 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 4568 (2013)
View the Source2. Piggs Peak (Wikipedia)
Lead section
It was founded around gold prospecting in 1884, but its main industry is now forestry.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Piggs Peak - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 934881
-25.96082 31.24666 P PPLA SZ 01 5750 1018 Africa/Mbabane
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1018 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -25.75, 31.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -25.75, 31.25
-25.75 31.25 Cwa
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