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The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje Vrijstaat; [a] Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat [b]) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.
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 ...
Botswana (green) and South Africa (orange) The border between Botswana and South Africa is 1,969 kilometres (1,223 mi) long. [ 1 ] More than 90% of the border follows rivers, including the Nossob , Molopo , Marico and Limpopo .
Free State (province) / 28°S 27°E / -28; 27. The Free State ( Sotho: Freistata; Afrikaans: Vrystaat [ˈfrɛistɑːt]; Xhosa: iFreyistata; Tswana: Foreistata; Zulu: iFuleyisitata ), formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa 's judicial capital.
The Orange River Sovereignty (1848–1854; Afrikaans: Oranjerivier-soewereiniteit) was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in Southern Africa, a region known informally as Transorangia. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State province of South Africa.
Bophuthatswana (/ ˌ b oʊ p uː t ə t ˈ s w ɑː n ə / BOH-poo-tət-SWAH-nə, lit. ' gathering of the Tswana people '), [4] officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana (Tswana: Repaboleki ya Bophuthatswana; Afrikaans: Republiek van Bophuthatswana), and colloquially referred to as the Bop, was a Bantustan (also known as "Homeland", an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity) that ...
Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, north of South Africa. Botswana occupies an area of 581,730 square kilometres (224,610 sq mi), of which 566,730 km 2 (218,820 sq mi) are land. Botswana has land boundaries of combined length 4,347.15 kilometres (2,701.19 mi), of which the constituent boundaries are shared with Namibia ...
South Africa is divided into nine provinces. [1] On the eve of the 1994 general election, South Africa's former homelands, known as Bantustans, were reintegrated into the country, and the four provinces were increased to nine. The borders of Natal and the Orange Free State were retained, while the Cape Province and Transvaal were divided into ...