Orange Free State Province

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Orange Free State Province was a former province in central South Africa, centered on the city of Bloemfontein and historically rooted in the 19th-century Boer republic of the Orange Free State.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former province of South Africa ⓘ
borderedBy Basutoland ⓘ
linked to: Lesotho

Bechuanaland Protectorate ⓘ
Cape Province ⓘ
Lesotho ⓘ
Natal Province ⓘ
South West Africa ⓘ
Transvaal Province ⓘ
linked to: Transvaal
capital Bloemfontein ⓘ
capitalFunction judicial capital of South Africa ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
containsCity Bethlehem ⓘ
Bloemfontein ⓘ
Kroonstad ⓘ
Sasolburg ⓘ
Welkom ⓘ
containsUniversity University of the Orange Free State (now University of the Free State) ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dissolved 1994 ⓘ
established 1910 ⓘ
governedBy provincial administrator (Union era) ⓘ
provincial council ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Orange River ⓘ
Vaal River ⓘ
hasMetropolitanArea Bloemfontein metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Bloemfontein
historicalPrecursor Orange Free State (Boer republic) ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State
historicalRegionOf Afrikaner heartland ⓘ
knownFor agricultural production ⓘ
gold mining (Welkom area) ⓘ
maize farming ⓘ
largestCity Bloemfontein ⓘ
locatedIn central South Africa ⓘ
namedAfter Orange Free State (Boer republic) ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State

Orange River ⓘ
officialLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
partOf Highveld region ⓘ
linked to: Highveld

Republic of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: South Africa

Union of South Africa ⓘ
partOfHistoricalEntity British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Orange River Colony ⓘ
regionType inland province ⓘ
reorganizedAs Free State Province ⓘ
linked to: Free State
roleInGovernment seat of South Africa's Appellate Division (Bloemfontein) ⓘ
successor Free State Province ⓘ
linked to: Free State
terrain high plateau ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
late apartheid era ⓘ
usedInAdministrativeDivisionSystem four-province system of South Africa ⓘ

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

Dominion of South Africa → hasTerritorialEntity → Orange Free State Province ⓘ
Natal Province → borderedBy → Orange Free State Province ⓘ
Orange River Sovereignty → regionToday → Free State province of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Orange River Colony → followedBy → Orange Free State Province ⓘ
Coat of arms of the Orange Free State → usedBy → Orange Free State Province ⓘ
South Africa Act 1909 → appliedTo → Orange Free State Province ⓘ
Zola Budd → regionOfOrigin → Free State province, South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Famo → region → Free State province, South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Basotho blanket → usedIn → Free State province of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Botshabelo → belongsTo → Free State province of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Province of Natal → borderedBy → Orange Free State Province ⓘ
Paul Roux (town) → locatedInPresentDay → Free State province, South Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Paul Hendrik Roux
linked to: Orange Free State Province
Fezile Dabi → placeOfCommemoration → Free State province, South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Orange Free State Province