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Orange Free State (Province of South Africa 1910-1994)
Oranje Vrijstaat (Suid Afrika)
Last modified: 2004-06-05 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) is 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.
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