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Orange Free State (Province of South Africa 1910-1994)

Oranje Vrijstaat (Suid Afrika)

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by bruce berry
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Orange Free State - introduction

The Orange Free State / Oranje Vrystaat (named after the Orange river, so called after the Dutch royal house) was located in the centre of South Africa and has an international border only with Lesotho.  It included the tiny bantustan of Qwaqwa on the Lesotho / Natal border.  It coincides with the new (post-1994) Free State province. As a province of South Africa between 1910 and 1994, the Orange Free State had no official provincial flag but the old Boer republic flag (Oranje Vrijstaat) was often used unofficially.
Antonio Martins, 30 May 1999

In addition to Qwaqwa, there was a portion of Bophuthatswana at Thaba Nchu - about 50km east of Bloemfontein - in the old Orange Free State province.
Bruce Berry, 31 May 1999