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1. Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. (Web site)
2. Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape and the most visited town in the region.
3. Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province and is situated almost at the centre of South Africa at an altitude of 1200m [3930 ft]. (Web site)
4. Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape province of South Africa and was famous as the country's diamond capital in the 19th century.
5. Kimberley is an easy stop-off or overnight stay on the N12 alternate route from Cape Town to the northern provinces of South Africa. (Web site)

Diamond Mining

1. Much as Kimberley only exists because of diamond mining, the relatively new town of Kathu exists only because of iron mining. (Web site)

Mcgregor Museum

1. A good collection can be seen at the McGregor Museum in Kimberley.

Kamfers Dam

1. Kamfers Dam is a privately owned permanent water body[1] of 400 ha, situated to the immediate north of Kimberley, South Africa.

Kimberley Pipe

1. The Kimberley pipe (now: Big Hole) started out as a garimpo, but then was brought under control of Barney Barnato.

Kimberley District

1. The Northern Cape is rich in minerals, with the country's major diamond pipes found in the Kimberley district.

West

1. The Star of the West One of the country's oldest pubs, "The Star" still operates near the Kimberley Mine Museum.

Grade

1. A must for all culture vultures visiting the Northern Cape is a trip to this grade one art gallery in Kimberley.
2. Diamond exploration in the Kimberley and the difficulty in determining the grade of ore in diamond pipes are described by Grant Boxer.

Buildings

1. Kimberley also contains many other beautifully preserved and restored buildings from its early days, all well worth viewing. (Web site)
2. The Kimberley Club has a tradition all its own with stories not confined to its buildings - stories of its members and of unique associations.

Canada

1. Masters racers from all over Canada and the US will converge on Kimberley for this years Masters Championships.
2. Canada are being drawn into a dispute between the company and Kimberley Glasco.

British Columbia

1. Frank Howard (born April 26, 1925 in Kimberley, British Columbia) is a Canadian trade unionist and politician.

Relief

1. This led to the relief of Kimberley, which had been besieged by the Boers since the war’s outset.

Anthology

1. An extensive collection of cantigas and other ancient texts is available in Kimberley S. Roberts An Anthology of Old Portuguese (no date). (Web site)

Months

1. Humpback whales travel to the warm waters off the Kimberley coast during the months of May-July to breed.

Boer War

1. During the Boer war, he helped to organise and fund the defences of Kimberley in the seige. (Web site)

Vaal River

1. The Vaalbos National Park is an extraordinary 23,000 ha area along the Vaal River in the former heart of the alluvial diamond diggings near Kimberley.
2. It is located at 28.742 deg S 24.772 deg E. near the Vaal River, and is serviced by the nearby Kimberley Airport.

Magersfontein

1. The battle of Magersfontein brought Methuen to a standstill, and postponed for more than two months the relief of Kimberley. (Web site)

Springbok

1. The distance from the capital, Kimberley, on the eastern border to Springbok (in the west) is more than 900km.

South African War

1. Between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended, South Africa was transformed.

Orange River

1. It is located at near the Orange River, and is serviced by the nearby Kimberley Airport.

Augrabies

1. It also includes the Augrabies Falls and the diamond mining regions in Kimberley and Alexander Bay.

Cape Colony

1. It was fought on 11 December 1899 at Magersfontein near Kimberley on the borders of the Cape Colony and the independent republic of the Orange Free State. (Web site)
2. In 1873 it was proclaimed as a British colony, with its capital at Kimberley, and in 1880 it was annexed by the Cape Colony.

Miners

1. It was built in honour of all the miners of Kimberley. (Web site)

Beaconsfield

1. Legend has it that the original "driver" was Cecil Rhodes on his horse, en route between his mining interests in Kimberley and Beaconsfield.

Kuruman

1. Northwest of Kimberley, Kuruman was a missionary center used by Robert Moffat and David Livingstone.

World

1. TigerCarRental.com provide low cost car rental in Kimberley Airport as well as many other locations in South Africa and around the world.
2. And thus, with refreshing honesty a very eager Kimberley Santos become Miss World for 1980.

Big Hole

1. The capital, Kimberley, home of the Big Hole, is also called the Diamond Capitol of South Africa.
2. The Big Hole in Kimberley is the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.
3. The semi-desert Karoo and the famous ostrich farms near Oudtshoorn, as well as the Big Hole in the diamond city of Kimberley.

East

1. Wolfe Creek Crater – lying on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in the East Kimberley this meteorite crater is the second largest crater in the world.
2. He made maps of every region between Kimberley in the south, Marico in the west, the Soutpansberg in the north and Delagoa Bay in the east. (Web site)

Region

1. Endemic to Australia, boab occurs in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and east into the Northern Territory. (Web site)
2. The Buccaneer Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby in the Kimberley region.
3. Regions of higher elevation Cape or Ghaap Plateau This region lies between Kimberley and Upington, north of the Orange River to the Kuruman Hills.

Areas

1. Industrial and commercial activity is limited to areas around Kimberley, Kuruman, Sishen and Postmasburg. (Web site)
2. The areas around Kimberley and to a smaller scale around other larger towns in the Northern Cape are where most dairy is produced.

Area

1. The Northern Cape is famous for the diamond mines around the Kimberley area. (Web site)
2. Police in Galeshewe township in Kimberley say they want to drastically decrease the number of people stabbed in the area before the end of this month.
3. Capital of the Northern Cape Province, Kimberley is best known for its Big Hole, a legacy from the diamond rush in the area in 1871.

Cities

1. And many rough stones leave Kimberley Airport for cities around the world.

City

1. The city grew rapidly after 1873, when a railroad to Kimberley began. (Web site)
2. The Honoured Dead Memorial commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War. (Web site)
3. In 1912, Kimberley and the neighbouring town of Beaconsfield merged as the City of Kimberley, under a single municipality.

Town

1. The history of the town of Kimberley started with the first diamond finds in South Africa in 1867.
2. It is named after the town of Kimberley in South Africa, where the finding of a large kimberlite pipe in the 1870s spawned a diamond rush. (Web site)
3. Kimberley Airport lies at the heart of the Northern Cape in a town which is most famous for the Big Hole carved into the earth by early diamond prospectors. (Web site)

Museums

1. Kimberley and its environs have a very wide variety of tourist attractions and museums from which the visitor can choose.
2. Kimberley is home to many old buildings, museums and one of South Africa's most important art galaries. (Web site)

Cape Town

1. South Africa’s newest National Park, Mokala, is very conveniently situated 80km south of Kimberley, just off the N12 to Cape Town.

Airports

1. The major airports are situated at Kimberley, the capital, and Upington.

Pretoria

1. This world famous luxury train operates between Pretoria and Cape Town, with a stopover in Kimberley.
2. Towards Pretoria; a record of the war between Briton and Boer, to the relief of Kimberley. (Web site)

Johannesburg

1. The arid west is best accessed from Kimberley and Upington while the east and north is best accessed from Johannesburg. (Web site)

Mining

1. The main city is Kimberley, famous for the largest diamond rush in history, which took place from 1871 until mining was strictly controlled in 1914. (Web site)
2. The Kimberley pipe was by far the richest and produced from its discovery in 1871 to its end of mining in 1914 about 14 Mct from 22.5 Mt of ore.

Diamonds

1. The discovery of diamonds in Kimberley in 1870 led to a rapid expansion of British influence into the hinterland under colonialists such as Cecil Rhodes.
2. Kimberley became famous with the discovery of diamonds at Hopetown in 1866. (Web site)
3. Griqualand West is the area around Kimberley, which became significant when diamonds were discovered there.

Mafeking

1. Early in December it was estimated that, including the forces in Kimberley, Mafeking, and Rhodesia, Cape Colony had already 10,000 in service.

Boers

1. The Boers were able to besiege the towns of Ladysmith, Mafeking (defended by troops headed by Colonel Robert Baden-Powell), and Kimberley.
2. By this time, the Boers had received reinforcements with some commandos joining them from the siege lines around Kimberley and from the border of Basutoland.
3. In 1899, the Northern province was the scene of the Anglo-Boer War, where Kimberley was one of the first towns to be besieged by the Boers. (Web site)

Bloemfontein

1. When coming from Bloemfontein or Kimberley use the N12 and N1 westwards, until it crosses the N10.
2. East London, Bloemfontein and Kimberley are other possibilities, particularly for the more arid western areas. (Web site)

North West Province

1. It is situated halfway between Kimberley (the capital of the Northern Cape Province) and Mafikeng (the capital of the North West Province). (Web site)

South Africa

1. Tiger Kloof is situated in the North West province of South Africa, approximately equidistant between Mafikeng and Kimberley.
2. It is situated in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa about 150 km from the city of Kimberley.
3. Its capital is Kimberley, famous for its production of diamonds in South Africa. (Web site)

Northern Cape

1. The Northern Cape is well known for it's grapes from Upington, Iron from Sishen and diamonds from Kimberley.
2. The largest African settlement in the province is Galeshewe near Kimberley, accommodating almost half the African population of the Northern Cape. (Web site)
3. Other cities in the former province included Kimberley (now in Northern Cape) and East London, Port Elizabeth, and Uitenhage (all now in Eastern Cape).

Categories

1. Northern Cape
2. Places > World > Countries > South Africa
3. World > Countries > South Africa > North West Province
4. Boers
5. Diamonds

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