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Orange Free State (province)

Former South African province (1910–1994)

Orange Free State (province)

Former South African province (1910–1994)

FieldValue
native_nameaf
conventional_long_nameProvince of the Orange Free State
common_nameOrange Free State
subdivisionProvince
nationSouth Africa
p1Orange River Colony
s1Free State (province)Free State
image_flagFlag of the Orange Free State.svg
image_coatCoat of arms of the Orange Free State.svg
image_mapLocator map of Orange Free State Province as of 1 March 1994.svg
image_map_captionThe OFS as it was by 1994
capitalBloemfontein
legislatureOrange Free State Provincial Council
date_start31 May
year_start1910
date_end27 April
year_end1994
stat_year11991
stat_area1129825
stat_pop12,193,062
todaySouth Africa
Note

The Province of the Orange Free State (), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (), Free State () 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.

A map of districts of the Orange Free State
DistrictPopulation
Zastron14,122
Rouxville11,904
Bethulie9,333
Smithfield7,946
Wepener12,964
Dewetsdorp13,521
Reddersburg6,070
Edenburg6,968
Trompsburg5,138
Jagersfontein6,353
Bloemfontein300,150
Petrusburg11,071
Brandfort23,521
Botshabelo177,926
Philippolis7,056
Fauresmith8,916
Koffiefontein10,778
Jacobsdal9,748
Boshof32,033
Theunissen38,482
Bultfontein28,556
Hoopstad27,934
Wesselsbron26,494
Odendaalsrus97,603
Welkom248,186
Virginia81,780
Hennenman25,165
Ventersburg14,534
Ladybrand30,532
Excelsior18,051
Clocolan18,542
Marquard17,217
Winburg17,765
Senekal41,551
Ficksburg36,810
Fouriesburg16,932
Bethlehem80,921
Lindley37,664
Reitz30,712
Harrismith63,220
Vrede37,324
Kroonstad110,963
Bothaville54,726
Viljoenskroon59,279
Vredefort13,518
Koppies19,723
Parys48,678
Sasolburg89,079
Heilbron40,987
Frankfort44,617

Administrators

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

References

References

  1. "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa – Nesstar WebView.
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