Orange Free State (province)
| Province of the Orange Free State Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat (Afrikaans) | |||||||||
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| Province of South Africa | |||||||||
| 1910–1994 | |||||||||
 The OFS as it was by 1994 | |||||||||
| Capital | Bloemfontein | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1991 | 129,825 km2 (50,126 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1991 | 2,193,062[1] | ||||||||
| Legislature | Orange Free State Provincial Council | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 31 May 1910 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | South 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
[edit]Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census.[1]
| District | Population |
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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
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
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