Transvaal Republic

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical state
gptkbp:area approximately 300,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Pretoria
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:First_Anglo-Boer_War
gptkbp:culturalInfluence gptkb:Afrikaner_culture
British_culture
gptkbp:currency gptkb:South_African_pound
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1902
gptkbp:economicActivity Agriculture
Gold mining
gptkbp:education Dutch_education_system
English_education_system
gptkbp:established 1852
gptkbp:flag Flag of the Transvaal Republic
gptkbp:governmentType Republic
gptkbp:historicalEvent Second Anglo-Boer War
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Boer_Republics
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Formation of the Union of South Africa
Independence_from_British_control
Role_in_the_Boer_Wars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Transvaal Republic
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Paul_Kruger
gptkb:Marthinus_W._Pretorius
gptkbp:legalStatus Roman-Dutch_law
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Johannesburg
gptkb:Pretoria
Krugersdorp
gptkbp:motto Eendracht maakt macht
gptkbp:nationalFlower King Protea
gptkbp:nationalTeam Springbok
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Discovery_of_gold_in_Witwatersrand
Constitution of 1881
Constitution of 1858
Formation of the South African Republic
Establishment_of_the_Volksraad
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:J._B._M._Hertzog
gptkb:Hendrik_Verwoerd
gptkb:Louis_Botha
gptkb:F._W._de_Klerk
Jan Smuts
gptkbp:officialLanguage Dutch
English
gptkbp:population approximately 1.5 million (1890s)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Natal_Colony
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Transvaal_Colony
gptkbp:transportation Road network
Railway_system
gptkbp:treaty Treaty of Vereeniging