Orange Free State (province)
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| Province of the Orange Free State Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat (Afrikaans) |
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| Capital | Bloemfontein | ||||
| Government | Orange Free State Provincial Council | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 31 May 1910 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 27 April 1994 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1991 | 129,825 km2 (50,126 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1991 | 2,193,062[1] | |||
| Density | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",". /km2 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",". /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of |  South Africa |
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The Province of the Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (Afrikaans: Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994. After 27 April 1994 it was dissolved following the first non-racial election in South Africa.
Its predecessor was the Orange River Colony which in 1902 had replaced the Orange Free State, a Boer republic.
Its outside borders were the same as those of the modern Free State Province; except for the bantustans ("homelands") of QwaQwa and one part of Bophuthatswana, which were contained on land inside of the provincial Orange Free State borders.
Districts in 1991
Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census.[1]
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- Zastron: 14,122
- Rouxville: 11,904
- Bethulie: 9,333
- Smithfield: 7,946
- Wepener: 12,964
- Dewetsdorp: 13,521
- Reddersburg: 6,070
- Edenburg: 6,968
- Trompsburg: 5,138
- Jagersfontein: 6,353
- Bloemfontein: 300,150
- Petrusburg: 11,071
- Brandfort: 23,521
- Botshabelo: 177,926
- Philippolis: 7,056
- Fauresmith: 8,916
- Koffiefontein: 10,778
- Jacobsdal: 9,748
- Boshof: 32,033
- Theunissen: 38,482
- Bultfontein: 28,556
- Hoopstad: 27,934
- Wesselsbron: 26,494
- Odendaalsrus: 97,603
- Welkom: 248,186
- Virginia: 81,780
- Hennenman: 25,165
- Ventersburg: 14,534
- Ladybrand: 30,532
- Excelsior: 18,051
- Clocolan: 18,542
- Marquard: 17,217
- Winburg: 17,765
- Senekal: 41,551
- Ficksburg: 36,810
- Fouriesburg: 16,932
- Bethlehem: 80,921
- Lindley: 37,664
- Reitz: 30,712
- Harrismith: 63,220
- Vrede: 37,324
- Kroonstad: 110,963
- Bothaville: 54,726
- Viljoenskroon: 59,279
- Vredefort: 13,518
- Koppies: 19,723
- Parys: 48,678
- Sasolburg: 89,079
- Heilbron: 40,987
- Frankfort: 44,617
Administrators
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See also
References
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Wikisource has the text of the 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica article Orange Free State. |
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