Orange River Colony

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:area approximately 120,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Bloemfontein
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Battle_of_Pretoria
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Modder_River
gptkb:Battle_of_Colenso
gptkb:Battle_of_Magersfontein
gptkb:Battle_of_Paardeberg
gptkb:Battle_of_Spion_Kop
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tugela_Heights
gptkb:Siege_of_Kimberley
gptkb:Battle_of_Thaba_Nchu
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandfort
gptkb:Battle_of_Bloemfontein
gptkb:Battle_of_Diamond_Hill
gptkb:Battle_of_Kroonstad
gptkb:Battle_of_Wepener
gptkb:Battle_of_Belfast
gptkb:Battle_of_Lydenburg
Battle of Lindley
Battle of Reddersburg
gptkbp:cultural_influence Afrikaner culture
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:demographics predominantly Afrikaner population
gptkbp:dissolved 1910
gptkbp:economy gptkb:Agriculture
Mining
gptkbp:education_system British education system
gptkbp:established 1900
gptkbp:established_in gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Orange_River_Colony
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:Orange_River
gptkbp:government_type gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Sir_Alfred_Milner
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:Constitution_of_the_Orange_River_Colony
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:Anglo-Boer_War
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:Second_Boer_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orange River Colony
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Orange_River_Colony_Act_1900
gptkbp:major_city gptkb:Kimberley
Welkom
Harrismith
Parys
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:J._B._M._Hertzog
gptkb:Jan_Smuts
gptkb:Louis_Botha
gptkbp:official_language gptkb:Dutch
English
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:population approximately 300,000 in 1904
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Orange_Free_State
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:surrounding_area gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkb:Natal_Colony
gptkbp:time_zone UTC+2
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
gptkb:the_Union_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5