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Kimberley
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Kimberley (kĭm'bərlē) , city (1991 pop. 167,060), Northern Cape, South Africa. Since the 19th cent. the city has been primarily a diamond-mining center, but underground mining, which had not been profitable for some time, was halted in mid-2005. The mine's tailings dumps continue to be processed, and textiles, construction materials, and machinery are manufactured. Kimberley is also an important railroad junction.
The city was founded in 1871 when diamonds were discovered on a nearby farm. The De Beers Consolidated Mines, organized by Cecil Rhodes, assumed control of the diamond fields in 1888, and its headquarters are still in Kimberley. In 1899–1900, during the South African War, the city was besieged for 124 days by Boer (Afrikaner) forces. Northern Cape Technical College and the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum are in Kimberley.
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Meaning #1:
city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
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Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
- Places
- Australia
- Kimberley (Western Australia), region
- Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
- Canada
- Kimberley, British Columbia, small city
- South Africa
- Kimberley, Northern Cape, diamond mining city
- United Kingdom
- Kimberley, Norfolk, town
- Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, town
- United States
- Kimberly, Arkansas, town
- Kimberly, Alabama, town
- Kimberly, Idaho, city
- Kimberly Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
- Kimberly, Oregon, unincorporated community
- Kimberly, Utah, ghost town
- Kimberly, Fayette County, West Virginia, unincorporated community
- Kimberly, Monongalia County, West Virginia, unincorporated community
- Kimberly, Wisconsin, village
- People
- Earl of Kimberley, U.K. peerage created in 1866
- Kimberly (given name), also covers people named Kimberley
- surname:
- Barry Kimberley, Australian rules footballer
- Kayton Kimberly, businessman and author of Repossess Your Life!
- Lewis Kimberly, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy during the American Civil War
- Warships
- HMS Kimberley (F50), K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
- USS Kimberly (DD-80), destroyer (1917–37)
- USS Kimberly (DD-521), destroyer (1942–67)
- Other
- Siege of Kimberley (1899–1900) during the Second Boer War
- Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, to certify the origin of rough diamonds
- Kimberly Mansion, Connecticut, a historic house in Glastonbury
- "Kimberly", track on Horses (album) (1975) by Patti Smith
See also
- Kimberly-Clark, U.S. producer of paper-based consumer products
- Duffner and Kimberly, New York lamp manufacturers
- The Kimberly Trip, pop band from Sacramento, California
- Kimberly Slang, a rarely used slang term from Canada that is used to express pain or discomfort, usually on your bottom
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