Kimberley

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city human settlement local municipality open-pit mine public university tourist attraction

Kimberley is a historic South African city famed for its diamond mining heritage and the Big Hole, one of the world’s largest hand-dug excavations.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Big Hole 0
Sol Plaatje Local Municipality 0
Sol Plaatje University 0
Kimberley (place name) 1
Kimberley Big Hole 1
Kimberley diamond fields 1
Kimberley, South Africa 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
local municipality ⓘ
open-pit mine ⓘ
public university ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
callingCode +27 53 ⓘ
capitalOf Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
demographics racially and linguistically diverse population ⓘ
elevation approximately 1200 metres above sea level ⓘ
foundedAs mining town ⓘ
governingBody Sol Plaatje Local Municipality ⓘ
hasAirport Kimberley Airport ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Sol Plaatje University ⓘ
hasHeritage mining heritage ⓘ
hasIndustry mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark the Big Hole ⓘ
surface form: Big Hole
hasMuseum Kimberley Mine ⓘ
surface form: Kimberley Mine Museum
hasPostalCodeRange 8300–8306 ⓘ
hasSport cricket ⓘ
football ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
historicalEvent Kimberley Mine ⓘ
surface form: South African diamond rush
historicalPeriod late 19th century diamond boom ⓘ
knownAs one of the world’s largest hand-dug excavations ⓘ
knownFor diamond mining ⓘ
the Big Hole ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Kimberley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Kimberley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Namaqualand ⓘ
surface form: Namaqualand-Northern Cape region
railwayConnection Cape Town ⓘ
Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
regionType provincial capital ⓘ
roadConnection N12 national route ⓘ
N8 national route ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
UTCOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kimberley Mine → alsoKnownAs → Kimberley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kimberley Big Hole
Northern Cape → capital → Kimberley ⓘ
Cape Province → contains → Kimberley ⓘ
Kimberly → etymologyDerivedFrom → Kimberley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kimberley (place name)
Kimberley Mine → formedPartOf → Kimberley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kimberley diamond fields
Kimberly → hasVariant → Kimberley ⓘ
Northern Cape → largestCity → Kimberley ⓘ
Kimberley → locatedIn → Kimberley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Big Hole
Kimberley Mine → locatedIn → Kimberley ⓘ
Kimberley → locatedIn → Kimberley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sol Plaatje University
HMS Kimberley → namedAfter → Kimberley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kimberley, South Africa
Cecil Rhodes → residence → Kimberley ⓘ