Orange Free State (province)

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For the current province of South Africa that was called Orange Free State in 1994 and 1995, see Free State (province).
Province of the Orange Free State
Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat (Afrikaans)
Province of South Africa
1910–1994

The OFS as it was by 1994
CapitalBloemfontein
Area 
• 1991
129,825 km2 (50,126 sq mi)
Population 
• 1991
2,193,062[1]
 • TypeOrange Free State Provincial Council
History 
• Established
31 May 1910
• Disestablished
27 April 1994
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Orange River Colony
Free State
Today part ofSouth Africa

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. It is now called the Free State Province.

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]

A map of districts of the Orange Free State
District Population
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

Main article: List of administrators of former South African provinces § Orange Free State Province

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa – Nesstar WebView. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Orange Free State".
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