Kimberley, Cape Colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kimberley,_Cape_Colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Northern_Cape
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:The_Big_Hole
diamond mining
gptkbp:founded 1871
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Second_Boer_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kimberley, Cape Colony
gptkbp:incorporated gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:language gptkb:Afrikaans
English
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkbp:municipalStatus 1877
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Wodehouse,_1st_Earl_of_Kimberley
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:De_Beers
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Barney_Barnato
gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes
gptkbp:population ~10,000 (late 19th century)
gptkbp:postalCode 8301
gptkbp:railwayArrived 1885
gptkbp:siegeDuring gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lovell_Mantle
gptkb:Z.K._Matthews
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6