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 so-called 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)

• Alfred Ernest William Ramsbottom (May 1910 – May 1915)
  • Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (15 September 1914 – 20 October 1914) (In rebellion)
• Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (May 1915 – 2 March 1924) (From 4 March 1920, Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels)
• Esaias Reinier Grobler (11 March 1924 – March 1929)
• Carl Theodorus Muller Wilcocks (March 1929 – 11 November 1936)
• Johannes Buys (November 1936 – December 1936) (acting)
• Johannes Frederik Janse van Rensburg (December 1936 – December 1940)
• Stephanus Philippus Barnard (December 1940 – December 1950)
• Jacobus "Jim" Johannes Fouché (1 January 1951 – December 1959)
• Johannes Willem Jacobus Coetzee du Plessis (December 1959 – December 1969)
• Gabriel François van Lingen Froneman (December 1969 – 13 December 1974)
• Abraham Cornelis van Wyk (14 December 1974 – 1979)
• Cornelius "Nak" van der Merwe (1979 – 1980)
• Louis Johannes Botha (November 1980 – August 1991)
• Louis van der Watt (August 1991 – 7 May 1994)

See also

• Free State (South African province)

References

1. 1 2 "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code" Check |url= value (help). 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.