Riviera
District of
Northern Cape - South Africa

Big Hole

The Big Hole, Open Mine or Kimberley Mine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the largest hole excavated by hand.

Located at -28.7386, 24.7586 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.572 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in South Africa, Diamond mines in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Surface mines in South Africa, Diatremes of South Africa, History of mining, 1871 in South Africa, Museums in the Northern Cape, Mining museums, Historic sites in South Africa

De Beers Diamond Oval

De Beers Diamond Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people. Australia is set to play a test match in 2014.

Located at -28.7424, 24.7977 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.574 miles away.
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Cricket grounds in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, 2003 Cricket World Cup, Multi-purpose stadiums in South Africa, Sports venues in the Northern Cape, De Beers

McGregor Museum

The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a province-aided museum established in 1907.

Located at -28.7497, 24.78 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.574 miles away.
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Infrastructure completed in 1897, Museums established in 1907, History museums in South Africa, Natural history museums in South Africa, Archaeological museums in South Africa, Museums in the Northern Cape, Biographical museums, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Karoo

Kimberley Boys' High School

Kimberley Boys' High School is a state secondary school or high school situated adjacent to the Honoured Dead Memorial, in the arc between Dalham and Memorial Roads, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa – a site it has occupied since January 1914. The school was founded, along with what would become Kimberley Girls' High School, in 1887, under the name Kimberley Public Undenominational Schools.

Located at -28.7489, 24.7697 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Schools in the Northern Cape, Educational institutions established in 1887, Kimberley, Northern Cape, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape

HTS Kimberley

HTS Kimberley is an Hogere technische school in Kimberley, South Africa. An HTS is similar to a high school, in Dutch countries they serve as the education level just below university. The English name is 'THS' (Technical High School) Kimberley.

Located at -28.7537, 24.7477 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.572 miles away.
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Kimberley, Northern Cape, Schools in the Northern Cape

Kimberley Girls' High School

Kimberley Girls' High School is a high school located on Elsmere Road in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It is over a hundred years old and has close affiliation with Kimberley Boys' High School and Kimberley Junior School.

Located at -28.7475, 24.7783 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Schools in the Northern Cape, Girls' schools in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1887, Kimberley, Northern Cape, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape

Hoffe Park Stadium

Hoffe Park Stadium, also known by is sponsored branding name, GWK Park, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, South Africa. It is part of a larger multi-sport complex known as Hoffe Park. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of the GWK Griquas who compete in the Currie Cup and the part time home of the Central Cheetahs of Super Rugby. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000 spectators.

Located at -28.7549, 24.758 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Rugby union stadiums in South Africa, Multi-purpose stadiums in South Africa

Kamfers Dam

Kamfers Dam is a privately owned permanent water body of 400 ha, situated to the immediate north of Kimberley, South Africa. The wetland was originally an ephemeral pan, often dry and dependent on rain water. In recent times its water level rose as it received constant runoff and treated water from the growing city of Kimberley. The dam has become a major breeding site for Lesser Flamingos since construction of an artificial island.

Located at -28.6728, 24.7633 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.569 miles away.
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Protected areas of the Northern Cape, Kimberley, Northern Cape

Honoured Dead Memorial

The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War. In 1986, it was described in the Government Gazette as Cecil John Rhodes commissioned Sir Herbert Baker to design a memorial... which commemorates those who fell during the Kimberley Siege.

Located at -28.7511, 24.7694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Second Boer War memorials, Herbert Baker buildings

St Cyprian's Grammar School, Kimberley

St. Cyprian's Grammar School in Kimberley, South Africa, is a co-educational English-medium independent school for Grades 1-12, attached to St Cyprian's Cathedral. In its present form it opened its doors to 83 students on 21 January 2009.

Located at -28.7422, 24.77 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Schools in the Northern Cape, Anglican schools in South Africa, Kimberley, Northern Cape, Educational institutions established in 2009

St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley

The Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr, Kimberley, is the seat of the Bishop of the Kimberley and Kuruman, Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The building was dedicated in 1908, becoming a Cathedral when the Synod of Bishops mandated formation of the new Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in October 1911. The first Bishop, the Rt Revd Wilfrid Gore Browne, was enthroned there on 30 June 1912.

Located at -28.7425, 24.7706 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Anglican cathedrals in South Africa, Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Bishops of Kimberley and Kuruman, Deans of Kimberley, Anglican deans, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Churches in South Africa

Northern Cape High Court

The Northern Cape High Court, Kimberley (formerly the Northern Cape Provincial Division and commonly the Kimberley High Court) is one of the High Courts of South Africa. It is located in Kimberley and has general jurisdiction over the Northern Cape province, except for certain areas transferred from the North West province in 2006 that presently remain under the jurisdiction of the North West High Court.

Located at -28.7459, 24.7681 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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High Courts of South Africa, Government of the Northern Cape, Kimberley, Northern Cape

Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre

Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre is a rock engraving site with visitor centre on land owned by the !Xun and Khwe San situated about 16 km from Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It is a declared Provincial Heritage Site managed by the Northern Cape Rock Art Trust in association with the McGregor Museum.

Located at -28.6675, 24.6506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.564 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in South Africa, Archaeological museums in South Africa, Rock art in Africa, Visitor attractions in South Africa, Museums in the Northern Cape, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Karoo, Geography of the Northern Cape

Malay Camp, Kimberley

The Malay Camp in Kimberley, South Africa, with a history similar to Cape Town's District Six, Johannesburg's Sophiatown and Port Elizabeth's South End, was a cosmopolitan suburb originating in the early days of Kimberley's existence but subject to forced 'slums clearance' after the owner of the land donated the area to the Kimberley Municipality in 1939. Most of the houses, churches, mosques, shops and other buildings were demolished, making way for Kimberley's Civic Centre.

Located at -28.7458, 24.7669 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Kimberley, Northern Cape

Long Cecil

Long Cecil is a unique one-off gun, designed by George Labram, a United States citizen, and built in the workshops of the De Beers mining company in Kimberley for use by the British during the Siege of Kimberley in the Second Boer War. In 1902, during Cecil Rhodes' funeral procession in Cape Town, his coffin was carried on top of the Long Cecil carriage. Today the gun is located on the stylobate of the Honoured Dead Memorial in Kimberley.

Located at -28.7511, 24.7694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Artillery of the United Kingdom, Howitzers, Kimberley, Northern Cape, De Beers, 1900 in South Africa

Du Toit's Pan

Du Toit's Pan, now usually Dutoitspan, refers to one of the earliest diamond mining camps at what is now Kimberley, South Africa. It was renamed Beaconsfield, which existed as a separate borough from Kimberley itself until Kimberley and Beaconsfield were amalgamated as the City of Kimberley in 1912.

Located at -28.7589, 24.7811 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.574 miles away.
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Diamond mines in South Africa

Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements

The Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements comprise a geological feature between Kimberley and Barkly West, South Africa, pertaining to the Palaeozoic-age Dwyka Ice Age, or Karoo Ice Age, (some 300 million years ago) where the glacially scoured (smoothed and striated) ancient bedrock (re-exposed by erosion) was used, substantially more recently, during the Later Stone Age period in the late Holocene as panels for rock engravings.

Located at -28.5997, 24.6119 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.559 miles away.
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Kimberley, Northern Cape, Karoo, Archaeological sites in South Africa, Geoparks in South Africa, Glaciology, Rock art in Africa, Prehistoric art, Stone Age

William Humphreys Art Gallery

The William Humphreys Art Gallery, in Kimberley, South Africa, was opened in 1952 and named after its principal benefactor, William Benbow Humphreys (1889–1965).

Located at -28.7436, 24.7689 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Museums in the Northern Cape, Art museums and galleries in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Art museums established in 1952, 1952 establishments in South Africa

Kimberley railway station (South Africa)

Kimberley railway station is the central railway station of the city of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Because Kimberley is the junction of the main Cape Town–Johannesburg main line with another line from Bloemfontein, it is served by several routes of the Shosholoza Meyl inter-city service.

Located at -28.7353, 24.7697 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.572 miles away.
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Transport in the Northern Cape, Shosholoza Meyl stations

Galeshewe Stadium

Galeshewe Stadium, formerly known as King George Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium in the Galeshewe suburb of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of two football clubs, Real Madrid and Steach United, both competing in Vodacom League.

Located at -28.7168, 24.7409 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.570 miles away.
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Sports venues in the Northern Cape, Soccer venues in South Africa

Trams in Kimberley, Northern Cape

The Kimberley tramway network formed part of the public transport system in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, for roughly 60 years until the late 1940s. A heritage tramway network has since been opened in the city, in 1985.

Located at -28.7444, 24.7717 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.573 miles away.
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Kimberley, Northern Cape, Passenger rail transport in South Africa, Tram transport in South Africa

Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

The Northern Cape Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is a unicameral body of 30 members elected every five years. The current legislature was elected on 22 April 2009 and has an African National Congress majority of 19 members. It is situated in Kimberley, in a newly-built complex to the west of the city centre on the edge of Galeshewe.

Located at -28.734, 24.72 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.570 miles away.
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Government of the Northern Cape, Provincial legislatures of South Africa, Unicameral legislatures