Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa

Pilgrims Rest
Pelgrimsrus
(1998)
(1998)
Pilgrims Rest is located in Mpumalanga
Pilgrims Rest
Pilgrims Rest
Pilgrims Rest is located in South Africa
Pilgrims Rest
Pilgrims Rest
Coordinates: 24°54′28″S 30°45′24″E / 24.90778°S 30.75667°E / -24.90778; 30.75667
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictEhlanzeni
MunicipalityThaba Chweu
Area
 • Total25.40 km2 (9.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,721
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African93.4%
 • Coloured1.5%
 • White4.8%
 • Other0.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho50.4%
 • Sotho15.3%
 • Swazi13.5%
 • Tsonga5.9%
 • Other14.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
1290
Area code013

Pilgrim's Rest (Afrikaans: Pelgrimsrus) is a small museum town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa which is protected as a provincial heritage site. It was the second of the Transvaal gold fields, attracting a rush of prospectors in 1873, soon after the MacMac diggings started some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away. Alluvial panning eventually gave way to deeper ore mining. In the 1970s the town, not greatly changed, became a tourist destination.

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Pilgrim's Rest". Census 2011.