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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_region
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gptkbp:abolished
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1994
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 287,000 km²
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Limpopo_River
gptkb:Drakensberg_Mountains
gptkb:Vaal_River
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Pretoria
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gptkbp:coatOfArms
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gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Transvaal
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gptkbp:colonizedBy
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gptkb:British_Empire
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gptkbp:dividedInto
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gptkb:North_West_Province
gptkb:Gauteng
gptkb:Mpumalanga
Limpopo
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gptkbp:economy
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agriculture
gold mining
platinum mining
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gptkbp:existedDuring
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19th century
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gptkbp:existedUntil
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1994
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Flag_of_the_Transvaal
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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gptkb:Boer_migration_(Great_Trek)
discovery of gold in Witwatersrand
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Transvaal region
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gptkbp:languageSpoken
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gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:Northern_Sotho
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Zulu
English
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:South_Africa
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Johannesburg
gptkb:Pretoria
gptkb:Nelspruit
gptkb:Polokwane
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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Transvaal River (Vaal River)
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Louis_Botha
gptkb:Paul_Kruger
Jan Smuts
Mahatma Gandhi (lived in region)
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gptkbp:notableSite
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gptkb:First_Boer_War
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Republic_of_South_Africa
gptkb:South_African_Republic
gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
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gptkbp:population
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over 9 million (1990s)
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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:North_West_Province
gptkb:Gauteng
gptkb:Mpumalanga
Limpopo
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Transvaal_Province
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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