Griqualand West

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Griqualand West was a 19th-century British colonial territory in southern Africa, centered on the diamond-rich area around Kimberley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony
former territory in southern Africa
historical region
annexedBy Cape Colony
associatedWith Kimberley
surface form: Big Hole (Kimberley)

Kimberley Mine
surface form: Kimberley diamond mines
borderedBy Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Transvaal
capital Kimberley
colonialPower Great Britain
contains Kimberley
continent Africa
country United Kingdom
currencyUsed Pound sterling
disputedBy Orange Free State
South African Republic
surface form: Transvaal Republic
endTime 1880
establishedBy United Kingdom
ethnicGroupAssociated Griqua people
surface form: Griqua
event diamond discoveries near Kimberley
governmentType British colonial administration
hasCity Barkly West
Douglas
hasHistoricalSignificance early large-scale diamond mining in South Africa
hasResource diamonds
historicalEra 19th century
knownFor diamond deposits
diamond rush
languageUsed Dutch
English
legalStatusChange annexation to Cape Colony in 1880
locatedIn Northern Cape
present-day South Africa
Southern Africa
surface form: southern Africa
namedAfter Griqua people
partOf British Empire
Northern Cape
surface form: Northern Cape Province (historical core)

history of South Africa
precededBy Griqua polity around Kimberley
regionType diamond field
startTime 1873
successor Cape Colony

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Orange Free State borderedBy Griqualand West