Colville
Colville is a suburb in Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape and has an elevation of 1,204 metres. Colville is situated nearby to the suburb Floors, as well as near Squarehill Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Hole and Kimberley railway station.
Big Hole
The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa. It has been considered the deepest hole excavated by hand, contending the title with Jagersfontein Mine. Big Hole is situated 3 km south of Colville.
Kimberley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andre Kritzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Kimberley railway station is situated 2½ km southeast of Colville.
William Humphreys Art Gallery
Art gallery
The William Humphreys Art Gallery, in Kimberley, South Africa, was opened in 1952 and named after its principal benefactor, William Benbow Humphreys. William Humphreys Art Gallery is situated 3½ km south of Colville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kimberley and Beaconsfield.
Kimberley
Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Amongst other things, it is famous for its Big Hole, the world's largest hand-dug excavation that was created when thousands of people searched for diamonds at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
Beaconsfield
Suburb
Beaconsfield is a suburb of Kimberley, South Africa, formerly known as Du Toit's Pan. Beaconsfield was a separate borough from Kimberley itself until its amalgamation with the latter as the City of Kimberley in 1912. Beaconsfield is situated 5 km southeast of Colville.
Colville
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.71376° or 28° 42′ 50″ southLongitude
24.75649° or 24° 45′ 23″ eastElevation
1,204 metres (3,950 feet)Open location code
5G367QP4+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 262719716OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11204974
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