Wiggins
Wiggins is a large black residential area in central Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Wiggins, Durban”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pigeon Valley and St. Henry’s Marist College.
Pigeon Valley
Nature reserve
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pigeon Valley is a Natural Heritage Park and formally declared municipal nature reserve in Durban, South Africa. It is an unusual example of an urban reserve with very high levels of biodiversity. Pigeon Valley is situated 2½ km southeast of Wiggins.
St. Henry’s Marist College
School
Photo: Alex Praetor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Henry's Marist College, formerly known as St Henry's Marist Brothers' College is a co-educational private school with a Catholic foundation in Glenwood, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Durban Girls’ High School
College
Durban Girls' High School is a public high school for girls located in Glenwood, a suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1882 and is home to over 1200 students. Durban Girls’ High School is situated 3 km southeast of Wiggins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cato Manor and Chesterville.
Cato Manor
Suburb
Cato Manor is a settlement located 7 kilometres from the city centre of Durban, South Africa. It was formed when Indian market gardeners came to settle in the area some time after it was given to George Christopher Cato in 1865, who was the first mayor of Durban in 1854.
Chesterville
Suburb
Chesterville is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The village lies between Cato Manor and Westville, some 13 km west of the city of Durban.
Wiggins
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.85167° or 29° 51′ 6″ southLongitude
30.96444° or 30° 57′ 52″ eastElevation
88 metres (289 feet)Open location code
5G2G4XX7+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 262718748OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Wiggins” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wiggins”
- Turkish: “Wiggins”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chesterville Cememtery and Umkhumbane Museum.
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