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gptkbp:instanceOf
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historical colony
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 300,000 square kilometers
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gptkbp:battle
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Battle of Colenso
Battle of Spion Kop
Battle of Paardeberg
Battle of Magersfontein
Siege of Ladysmith
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Pretoria
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:First_Boer_War
Anglo-Zulu War
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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gptkb:Afrikaner_nationalism
British_colonial_culture
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gptkbp:currency
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Pound sterling
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gptkbp:demographics
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British_settlers
predominantly_Afrikaner_population
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1906
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gptkbp:economy
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Agriculture
Diamond mining
Mining
Gold mining
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Stellenbosch_University
gptkb:University_of_Pretoria
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gptkbp:established
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1852
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gptkbp:geographicalFeature
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gptkb:Drakensberg_Mountains
Great Escarpment
Highveld
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gptkbp:governmentType
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Colony
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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gptkb:Second_Boer_War
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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Treaty of Vereeniging
Constitution of the Union of South Africa
Act of Union 1909
Constitution of the Transvaal Colony
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Transvaal Colony
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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gptkb:British_common_law
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Jameson_Raid
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gptkbp:notableFigures
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gptkb:Paul_Kruger
Jan Smuts
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Voortrekker_Monument
gptkb:Kruger_National_Park
gptkb:Pretoria_City_Hall
Union Buildings
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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Dutch
English
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:South_Africa
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 1.5 million (1904)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:South_African_Republic
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
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gptkbp:transportation
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Road network
Railway_system
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