Kimberley
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Kimberley is the name of a number of places around the world:
- Kimberley, South Africa is the capital of Northern Cape Province, South Africa, made famous for rich deposits of diamonds found in the kimberlite there.
- The Kimberley region in the northern part of Western Australia.
- Kimberley, Nottinghamshire is a town in England.
- Kimberley, British Columbia is a tourist town in Canada
Kimberley is also the name of a number of people:
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902) was British colonial secretary and foreign minister, a member of the Liberal party.
- The earls of Kimberley, Wodehouse's heirs, continue the line to the present.