Kimberley, Northern Cape

E843300

city provincial capital

Kimberley, Northern Cape is a historic South African city best known for its diamond mining heritage and the famous Big Hole open-pit mine.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Kimberley, Cape Colony	3
Kimberley, Northern Cape canonical	2
Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa	2
Kimberley city centre	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ provincial capital ⓘ
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1,200 metres above sea level ⓘ
foundedAs	diamond mining town ⓘ
governingBody	Sol Plaatje Local Municipality Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Kimberley Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtMuseum	William Humphreys Art Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndustry	diamond cutting ⓘ mining ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark	Big Hole NERFINISHED ⓘ Duggan-Cronin Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ Flamingo Casino NERFINISHED ⓘ Honoured Dead Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ Kimberley City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Kimberley Mine Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ McGregor Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ William Humphreys Art Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum	Kimberley Mine Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ McGregor Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Griquas (rugby union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStadium	Griqua Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUniversityCampus	Sol Plaatje University NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	diamond rush town ⓘ
historicalEvent	Siege of Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Big Hole NERFINISHED ⓘ diamond mining ⓘ
languageMajority	Afrikaans ⓘ
languageSignificant	English NERFINISHED ⓘ Tswana NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision	Cape Colony (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	South African Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Vaal River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Africa ⓘ
namedAfter	John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sol Plaatje Local Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayJunction	yes ⓘ
region	Nama-Karoo biome NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadConnection	N12 national route NERFINISHED ⓘ N8 national route NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristAttraction	Big Hole NERFINISHED ⓘ historic city centre ⓘ
UTCOffset	+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Magersfontein kopje → nearbyCity → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews → placeOfBirth → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimberley, Cape Colony

the Big Hole → locatedIn → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ

subject surface form: Big Hole

this entity surface form: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

the Big Hole → near → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ

subject surface form: Big Hole

this entity surface form: Kimberley city centre

Sol Plaatje University → locatedIn → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

Barney Barnato → associatedWith → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimberley, Cape Colony

Barney Barnato → residence → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimberley, Cape Colony

Hazel Jenkins → workLocation → Kimberley, Northern Cape ⓘ