Diamond Fields

The Diamond Fields is in the province of . It is one of the most important diamond-mining areas on Earth In 2001, this predominantly mining and agricultural district was renamed "Frances Baard District Municipality", in honor of an ethnic Tswana trade unionist, and organiser for the African National Congress Women's League.
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is the capital of the Province of . 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.

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lies just off the R31, north-west of Kimberley, in the . Formerly known as Klipdrift, the first digging activity took place here in 1869 following the discovery of diamonds on the De Kalk farm.

Diamond Fields

Latitude
-28.66° or 28° 39′ 36″ south
Longitude
24.35° or 24° 21′ east
Open location code
5G3688RX+2X
Wiki­data ID
Q14213491
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Diamond Fields” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “鑽石地域”
  • French: “Diamond Fields”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Diamond Fields”

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