Orange Free State Province

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Orange Free State Province was a former province in central South Africa, centered on the city of Bloemfontein and historically rooted in the 19th-century Boer republic of the Orange Free State.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former province of South Africa
borderedBy Basutoland
linked to: Lesotho

Bechuanaland Protectorate
Cape Province
Lesotho
Natal Province
South West Africa
Transvaal Province
linked to: Transvaal
capital Bloemfontein
capitalFunction judicial capital of South Africa
climate continental climate
containsCity Bethlehem
Bloemfontein
Kroonstad
Sasolburg
Welkom
containsUniversity University of the Orange Free State (now University of the Free State)
country South Africa
dissolved 1994
established 1910
governedBy provincial administrator (Union era)
provincial council
hasMajorRiver Orange River
Vaal River
hasMetropolitanArea Bloemfontein metropolitan area
linked to: Bloemfontein
historicalPrecursor Orange Free State (Boer republic)
linked to: Orange Free State
historicalRegionOf Afrikaner heartland
knownFor agricultural production
gold mining (Welkom area)
maize farming
largestCity Bloemfontein
locatedIn central South Africa
namedAfter Orange Free State (Boer republic)
linked to: Orange Free State

Orange River
officialLanguage Afrikaans
English
partOf Highveld region
linked to: Highveld

Republic of South Africa
linked to: South Africa

Union of South Africa
partOfHistoricalEntity British Empire
precededBy Orange River Colony
regionType inland province
reorganizedAs Free State Province
linked to: Free State
roleInGovernment seat of South Africa's Appellate Division (Bloemfontein)
successor Free State Province
linked to: Free State
terrain high plateau
timePeriod 20th century
late apartheid era
usedInAdministrativeDivisionSystem four-province system of South Africa

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Dominion of South Africa hasTerritorialEntity Orange Free State Province
Natal Province borderedBy Orange Free State Province
Orange River Sovereignty regionToday Free State province of South Africa
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Orange River Colony followedBy Orange Free State Province
Coat of arms of the Orange Free State usedBy Orange Free State Province
South Africa Act 1909 appliedTo Orange Free State Province
Zola Budd regionOfOrigin Free State province, South Africa
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Famo region Free State province, South Africa
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Basotho blanket usedIn Free State province of South Africa
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Botshabelo belongsTo Free State province of South Africa
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Province of Natal borderedBy Orange Free State Province
Paul Roux (town) locatedInPresentDay Free State province, South Africa
subject linked to: Paul Hendrik Roux
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Fezile Dabi placeOfCommemoration Free State province, South Africa
linked to: Orange Free State Province