Kimberley - South Africa

The Place: Kimberley, the beginning of the Western Cape, when driving from Joburg.

Some features: Kimberley's Great Hole, the largest man-made open cast diamond mine - dug to a depth of 240m before being using machinery and mining to a depth of 1097m (De Beers mining company - with Barney Barnato and Cecil John Rhodes). The Star of South Africa (48carats) was found in Kimberley, not to be confused with the Cullinan I (Great Star of Africa), at 530 carats, cut from the Cullinan diamond, which was the diamond mounted in the Sceptre of the Crown Jewels.
Interesting Fact: Kimberley was the first town in South Africa to make use of electric street lamps.