Barkly West
Barkly West lies just off the R31, north-west of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape. Formerly known as Klipdrift, the first digging activity took place here in 1869 following the discovery of diamonds on the De Kalk farm.
- Type: Town with 11,600 residents
- Description: town in the Northern Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Barkley-Wes”, “Barkly west”, “Barkly-West”, and “Klip Drift”
Barkly West
Latitude
-28.5356° or 28° 32′ 8″ south
Longitude
24.5199° or 24° 31′ 12″ east
Population
11,600
Elevation
1,104 metres (3,622 feet)
Open location code
5G36FG79+QW
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Barkly West” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Barkly-Wes”
- Asturian: “Barkly West”
- Cebuano: “Barkly West”
- Chinese: “西巴克利”
- Danish: “Barkly West”
- Dutch: “Barkly West”
- Estonian: “Barkly West”
- French: “Barkly West”
- German: “Barkly West”
- Italian: “Barkly West”
- Malagasy: “Barkly West”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barkly West”
- Norwegian: “Barkly West”
- Pedi: “Barkly West”
- Polish: “Barkly West”
- Romanian: “Barkly West”
- Urdu: “بارکلی ویسٹ”
- Zulu: “IBarkly West”
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