| Province of the Orange Free State Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat (Afrikaans) | |||||||||
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| Province of South Africa | |||||||||
| 1910–1994 | |||||||||
 The OFS as it was by 1994 | |||||||||
| Capital | Bloemfontein | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1991 | 129,825 km2 (50,126 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1991 | 2,193,062[1] | ||||||||
| Legislature | Orange Free State Provincial Council | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 31 May 1910 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | South Africa | ||||||||
TheProvince of the Orange Free State (Afrikaans:Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as theOrange Free State (Afrikaans:Oranje-Vrystaat),Free State (Afrikaans:Vrystaat) or by its abbreviationOFS, was one of the fourprovinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994. After 27 April 1994 it was dissolved following thefirst non-racial election in South Africa. It is now called theFree State Province.
Its predecessor was theOrange River Colony which in 1902 had replaced theOrange Free State, a Boer republic.
Itsoutside borders were the same as those of the modernFree State Province; except for thebantustans ("homelands") ofQwaQwa and one part ofBophuthatswana, which were contained on landinside of the provincial Orange Free State borders.
Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census.[1]
| District | Population |
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| Zastron | 14,122 |
| Rouxville | 11,904 |
| Bethulie | 9,333 |
| Smithfield | 7,946 |
| Wepener | 12,964 |
| Dewetsdorp | 13,521 |
| Reddersburg | 6,070 |
| Edenburg | 6,968 |
| Trompsburg | 5,138 |
| Jagersfontein | 6,353 |
| Bloemfontein | 300,150 |
| Petrusburg | 11,071 |
| Brandfort | 23,521 |
| Botshabelo | 177,926 |
| Philippolis | 7,056 |
| Fauresmith | 8,916 |
| Koffiefontein | 10,778 |
| Jacobsdal | 9,748 |
| Boshof | 32,033 |
| Theunissen | 38,482 |
| Bultfontein | 28,556 |
| Hoopstad | 27,934 |
| Wesselsbron | 26,494 |
| Odendaalsrus | 97,603 |
| Welkom | 248,186 |
| Virginia | 81,780 |
| Hennenman | 25,165 |
| Ventersburg | 14,534 |
| Ladybrand | 30,532 |
| Excelsior | 18,051 |
| Clocolan | 18,542 |
| Marquard | 17,217 |
| Winburg | 17,765 |
| Senekal | 41,551 |
| Ficksburg | 36,810 |
| Fouriesburg | 16,932 |
| Bethlehem | 80,921 |
| Lindley | 37,664 |
| Reitz | 30,712 |
| Harrismith | 63,220 |
| Vrede | 37,324 |
| Kroonstad | 110,963 |
| Bothaville | 54,726 |
| Viljoenskroon | 59,279 |
| Vredefort | 13,518 |
| Koppies | 19,723 |
| Parys | 48,678 |
| Sasolburg | 89,079 |
| Heilbron | 40,987 |
| Frankfort | 44,617 |
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