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Orange Free State (province)

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(Redirected from Orange Free State (Province)) Former South African province (1910–1994) For the current province of South Africa that was called Orange Free State in 1994 and 1995, see Free State (province).
Province of the Orange Free StateProvinsie Oranje-Vrystaat (Afrikaans)
Province of South Africa
1910–1994
of Orange Free State Coat of arms

The OFS as it was by 1994
CapitalBloemfontein
Area 
• 1991129,825 km (50,126 sq mi)
Population 
• 1991 2,193,062
 • TypeOrange Free State Provincial Council
History 
• Established 31 May 1910
• Disestablished 27 April 1994
Preceded by Succeeded by
Orange River Colony
Free State
Today part ofSouth Africa

The Province of the Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (Afrikaans: Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994. After 27 April 1994 it was dissolved following the first non-racial election in South Africa. It is now called the Free State Province.

Its predecessor was the Orange River Colony which in 1902 had replaced the Orange Free State, a Boer republic.

Its outside borders were the same as those of the modern Free State Province; except for the bantustans ("homelands") of QwaQwa and one part of Bophuthatswana, which were contained on land inside of the provincial Orange Free State borders.

Districts in 1991

Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census.

Administrators

Main article: List of administrators of former South African provinces § Orange Free State Province

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa – Nesstar WebView. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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Administrative divisions of South Africa (1910–1994)
Provinces of South Africa
Non-independent homelands
Independent homelands
Dependent territories
Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei were originally part of South Africa; they later declared independence with South African consent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their independence was recognized by the South African government but they were internationally recognized as part of South Africa.

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