Orange River region

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The Orange River region is a historical area in southern Africa centered around the Orange River, known for its role in 19th-century Boer migrations and frontier conflicts.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Orange River Valley 2
Orange River region canonical 2
Orange River valley 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Boer republics ⓘ
Cape Colony frontier ⓘ
Trekboers ⓘ
linked to: Trekkers
borderedBy Cape Colony (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Cape Colony

German South West Africa (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Namibia
climate semi-arid ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved Germany ⓘ
Netherlands (indirectly via Cape Colony history) ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
conflictsType cattle raiding ⓘ
colonial frontier wars ⓘ
land conflicts ⓘ
countryToday Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroupsInvolved Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners

Nama people ⓘ
San peoples ⓘ
Tswana groups ⓘ
hasCentralFeature Orange River ⓘ
historicalPeriodSignificance 19th century ⓘ
historicalStatus contact zone between European settlers and African polities ⓘ
frontier zone ⓘ
knownFor Boer migrations ⓘ
frontier conflicts ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
Khoekhoe languages ⓘ
linked to: Khoikhoi language

Tswana languages ⓘ
locatedIn southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa
modernPoliticalDivision Northern Cape Province (South Africa) ⓘ
linked to: Northern Cape

ǁKaras Region (Namibia) ⓘ
namedAfter Orange River ⓘ
partOf Namaqualand area (broadly defined) ⓘ
linked to: Namaqualand

southern African frontier ⓘ
playedRoleIn competition for grazing land ⓘ
competition for water resources ⓘ
conflicts between European settlers and African communities ⓘ
northward expansion of Boer settlers ⓘ
riverMouthNearby Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
riverSystem Orange River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orange River
strategicImportance access to interior grazing lands ⓘ
control of river crossings ⓘ
usedAsBoundary colonial boundaries in southern Africa ⓘ
modern South Africa–Namibia border ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orange River Trek → historicalRegion → Orange River region ⓘ
ǀXam people → traditionalTerritory → Upper Orange River region ⓘ
linked to: Orange River region
Major Henry Douglas Warden → associatedWith → Orange River region ⓘ
Richtersveld National Park → hasFeature → Orange River valley ⓘ
linked to: Orange River region
Upington → riverValley → Orange River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Orange River region
Upington → riverValley → Orange River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Orange River region
Kai !Garib Local Municipality → locatedOn → Orange River valley ⓘ
linked to: Orange River region
P K Le Roux Dam → locatedInBasin → Orange River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Orange River region