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Kimberley

Also known as De Beer's New Rush

city in the Northern Cape, South Africa

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Kimberley is a city located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is historically significant as a major center of diamond mining in the region.

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Instance of: town
Official name: Kimberley
Country: South Africa
Located in: Sol Plaatje Local Municipality
Population: 225160
Area: 90.4
Elevation: 1184
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Frances Baard District Municipality
Shares border with: Warrenton
Official website: www.solplaatje.org.za
Image: Kimberley-001.jpg
Dialing code: 053
Significant event: Siege of Kimberley

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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
inception: 1873-01-01
Commons category: Kimberley (South Africa)
topic's main category: Category:Kimberley, South Africa
postal code: 8300
category for people born here: Category:Births in Kimberley (South Africa)
twinned administrative body: Changsha
category of associated people: Category:People from Kimberley, Northern Cape
native label: Kimberley
P12749: Paul Thieme
P8168: 1959 in music

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Encyclopedic overview

Kimberley (Khoekhoe: ǃ’Ās; Tswana: Kimbali) is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km (68 mi) east of the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historical significance because of its diamond mining past and the siege during the Second Boer War. The British businessmen Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato made their fortunes in Kimberley, and Rhodes also established the De Beers diamond company in the early days of the mining town.

On 2 September 1882, Kimberley became the first city in the Southern Hemisphere and the second in the world after Philadelphia, in the United States, to install electric street lighting. The first stock exchange in Africa was built in Kimberley as early as 1881.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kimberley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.