Mpumalanga
Ehlanzeni District Municipality
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality

Pilgrim’s Rest

Pilgrim's Rest, is a small historical town in . Many of the original buildings from the 1873 gold rush have been restored and the town today serves as a living museum for that period.
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Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
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  • Type: Village with 2,060 residents
  • Description: town in Mpumalanga, South Africa, where a gold rush occured in 1873
  • Also known as: “Pilgrim’s Rest, South Africa”

Pilgrim’s Rest

Latitude
-24.9044° or 24° 54′ 16″ south
Longitude
30.7536° or 30° 45′ 13″ east
Population
2,060
Elevation
1,310 metres (4,298 feet)
Open location code
5G7G3QW3+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262721934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
965179
Wiki­data ID
Q2992348
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Pilgrim’s Rest” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pelgrimsrus”
  • Armenian: “Փիլգրիմս Ռեսթ”
  • Asturian: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Chinese: “朝圣者之休”
  • Chinese: “赫拉斯科普”
  • Dutch: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Esperanto: “Pilgrima Ripozo”
  • Estonian: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • French: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • German: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Italian: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Pedi: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Portuguese: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Romanian: “Pelgrimsrus”
  • Romanian: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Russian: “Пилгримс Рест”
  • Russian: “Пилгримс-Рест”
  • Slovenian: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Spanish: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Welsh: “Pilgrim’s Rest”
  • Western Frisian: “Pelgrimsrus”
  • Zulu: “IPilgrim’s Rest, Mpumalanga”
  • Zulu: “IPilgrim’s Rest”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pilgrim’s Rest”. Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.