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Orange Free State (province)

Index Orange Free State (province)

The Province of the Orange Free State (Provinsie van die Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994. [1]

59 relations: Bantustan, Bethlehem, Free State, Bethulie, Bloemfontein, Bophuthatswana, Boshof, Bothaville, Botshabelo, Brandfort, Bultfontein, Clocolan, Dewetsdorp, Edenburg, Excelsior, Free State, Fauresmith, Ficksburg, Fouriesburg, Frankfort, Free State, Free State (province), Harrismith, Heilbron, Hennenman, Hoopstad, Jacobsdal, Jagersfontein, Koffiefontein, Koppies, Kroonstad, Ladybrand, Lindley, Free State, Marquard, Odendaalsrus, Orange Free State Provincial Council, Orange River Colony, Parys, Petrusburg, Philippolis, Provinces of South Africa, QwaQwa, Reddersburg, Reitz, Free State, Rouxville, Sasolburg, Senekal, Smithfield, Free State, South Africa, South African general election, 1994, Theunissen, Trompsburg, Ventersburg, ..., Viljoenskroon, Virginia, Free State, Vrede, Vredefort, Welkom, Wepener, Wesselsbron, Winburg, Zastron. Expand index (9 more) »

Bantustan

A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland) was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as part of the policy of apartheid.

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Bethlehem, Free State

Bethlehem is a large town in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs river (also called Liebenbergs Vlei) along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road.It is the fastest growing town in the Free state province, with its target of being the Fourth largest city after Kroonstad in balance.

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Bethulie

Bethulie is a small sheep and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch "fountain of flowers" or "blooming fountain"; also known as Bloem) is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals (the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital) and is the seventh largest city in South Africa.

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Bophuthatswana

Bophuthatswana (meaning "gathering of the Tswana people"), officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana (Tswana: Repaboleki ya Bophuthatswana; Afrikaans: Republiek van Bophuthatswana), was a Bantustan ("homeland"; an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity) and nominally independent (independence was recognized only by South Africa) parliamentary democracy in the northwestern region of South Africa.

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Boshof

Boshof is a farming town in the west of the Free State province, South Africa.

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Bothaville

Bothaville is a maize farming town situated near the Vaal River in the Lejweleputswa DM of the Free State province, South Africa.

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Botshabelo

Botshabelo, meaning "a place of refuge", is a large township set up in 1979 by the then apartheid government 45 km east of Bloemfontein in the present-day Free State province of South Africa.

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Brandfort

Brandfort is a small agricultural town in the central Free State province of South Africa, about 60 km northeast of Bloemfontein.

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Bultfontein

Bultfontein is a town in the Free State province of South Africa with a total population of about 23,400 people.

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Clocolan

Clocolan, established in 1906, is a small town in the Free State Province of South Africa.

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Dewetsdorp

Dewetsdorp is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Edenburg

Edenburg is a small sheep and cattle farming town situated about south of Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Excelsior, Free State

Excelsior is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Fauresmith

Fauresmith is located 130 km south west of Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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Ficksburg

Ficksburg is a town situated at the foot of the 1,750 meter high Imperani Mountain in Free State province, South Africa.

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Fouriesburg

Fouriesburg is a small town situated at the junction of the R711 and R26 routes in the eastern Free State, South Africa.

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Frankfort, Free State

Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Free State (province)

The Free State (Vrystaat, Foreistata; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa.

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Harrismith

Harrismith is a large town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Heilbron

Heilbron is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa which services the cattle, dairy, sorghum, sunflower and maize industries.

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Hennenman

Hennenman is a small town in the Free State goldfields in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Hoopstad

The key town of Hoopstad is situated on the R700 Highway between Bloemfontein and the North West Province.

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Jacobsdal

Jacobsdal is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa with various crops under irrigation, such as grapes, potatoes, lucerne and groundnuts.

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Jagersfontein

Jagersfontein is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Koffiefontein

Koffiefontein is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Koppies

Koppies is a small town (railway station) situated near the Renoster River in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Kroonstad

Kroonstad (Afrikaans for "Crown City") is the third-largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours drive from Gauteng.

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Ladybrand

Ladybrand is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, situated 18 km from Maseru, the capital of Lesotho.

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Lindley, Free State

Lindley is a small town situated on the banks of the Vals River in the eastern region of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Marquard

Marquard is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa that serves Winburg in the northwest.

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Odendaalsrus

Odendaalsrus is the oldest gold mining town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa.

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Orange Free State Provincial Council

The Orange Free State Provincial Council was the provincial council of the Orange Free State Province in South Africa.

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Orange River Colony

The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied (1900) and then annexed (1902) the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War.

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Parys

Parys (pronounced) is a town situated on the banks of the Vaal River in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Petrusburg

Petrusburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Philippolis

Philippolis is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Provinces of South Africa

South Africa is divided into nine provinces.

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QwaQwa

QwaQwa was a bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa.

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Reddersburg

Reddersburg is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Reitz, Free State

Reitz is a small maize, wheat and cattle farming town located in the east of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Rouxville

Rouxville is a small wool and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South Africa and is situated on the N6 national route.

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Sasolburg

Sasolburg is a large industrial town within the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Senekal

For people with the surname, see Senekal (surname). Senekal is a town situated on the banks of the Sand River in the eastern part of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Smithfield, Free State

Smithfield is a small town founded in 1848 in the Orange River Sovereignty (as the region was then named).

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African general election, 1994

General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994.

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Theunissen

Theunissen is a small town that has the only wine estate, the Theunissen Wine Farm, in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Trompsburg

Trompsburg is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Ventersburg

Ventersburg is a small town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa, 148 km north of Bloemfontein.

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Viljoenskroon

Viljoenskroon is a maize and cattle farming town located in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Virginia, Free State

Virginia is a gold mining town located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality and on goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa about 140 km (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein the provincial capital.

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Vrede

Vrede is a town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 km² region.

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Vredefort

Vredefort is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa with cattle, peanuts, sorghum, sunflowers and maize being farmed.

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Welkom

Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital.

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Wepener

Wepener is a village in the Free State, South Africa, located near the border with Lesotho.

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Wesselsbron

Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State province of South Africa.

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Winburg

Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Zastron

Zastron is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, some 30 km from the border of Lesotho.

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Orange Free State (Province), Orange Free State Province, Orange Free State, South Africa.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State_(province)

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