Piggs Peak is a town in northwestern

Eswatini Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where i ...

. It was founded around

gold prospecting Gold prospecting is the act of searching for new gold deposits. Methods used vary with the type of deposit sought and the resources of the prospector. Although traditionally a commercial activity, in some developed countries Placer mining, plac ...

in 1884, but its main industry is now

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. The Phophonyane Falls lie near the town. Piggs Peak Casino takes its name from the area. In 2001 the 115m high wall of the Maguga Dam was completed in the

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12 km south of town at . Piggs Peak is named after an early resident, William Pigg, who discovered a gold reef here on 26 March 1884.

Sport

Malanti Chiefs F.C. play in Piggs Peak.

References

Populated places in Hhohho Region {{Swaziland-geo-stub