Orange Free State Province

Province of the Orange Free State Provinsie van die Oranje-Vrystaat
Population
• 1991	2,193,062[1]
History
• Origin	Orange River Colony
• Created	31 May 1910
• Abolished	27 April 1994
• Succeeded by	Free State
Status	Province of South Africa
Government	Orange Free State Provincial Council
• HQ	Bloemfontein

The Province of the Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Provinsie van die Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State Province (Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat Provinsie) was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910–1994. After 27 April 1994 it was dissolved following the first multiracial election in South Africa.

Its predecessor was the Orange River Colony.

Its (outside) borders were exactly 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]

Administrators of the Orange Free State Province (1910–1994)

See also

• Free State (South African province)

References

1. 1 2 "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa - Nesstar WebView. Retrieved 18 August 2013. 

Wikisource has the text of the 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica article Orange Free State.

Administrative divisions of South Africa (1910–1994)
Provinces of South Africa	Province of the Cape of Good Hope Province of the Orange Free State Province of the Transvaal Province of Natal
Non-independent homelands	Gazankulu KaNgwane KwaNdebele KwaZulu Lebowa Qwaqwa
Independent homelands1	Transkei Bophuthatswana Venda Ciskei
Dependent territories	Mandate of South-West Africa
1 Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei were originally part of South Africa; they later declared independence with South African consent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their independence was recognized by the South African government but they were internationally recognized as part of South Africa.