Transvaal

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former British colony former republic historical region

Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
South African Republic	14
Transvaal Province	8
Transvaal region	3
Western Transvaal	3
Boer republics	2
Eastern Transvaal	1
South African Republic (Transvaal)	1
Transvaal (historical region)	1
Transvaal Colony	1
former Transvaal Province of South Africa	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colony ⓘ former republic ⓘ historical region ⓘ
annexationDate	1902 ⓘ
annexedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
borderedBy	Botswana ⓘ surface form: Bechuanaland Mozambique ⓘ Natal Colony ⓘ Orange Free State ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ surface form: Rhodesia Eswatini ⓘ surface form: Swaziland
capital	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of the South African Republic ⓘ
conflict	First Boer War ⓘ Jameson Raid ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
currency	South African pound ⓘ
dateDissolved	1910 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1852 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African peoples ⓘ Afrikaners ⓘ Afrikaners ⓘ surface form: Boers
flag	Flag of the South African Republic ⓘ
followedBy	Transvaal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Transvaal Province South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
gainedIndependenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentType	Crown colony ⓘ surface form: British crown colony republic ⓘ
headOfState	State President of the South African Republic ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
independenceDate	1852 ⓘ
knownFor	Boer republicanism ⓘ Witwatersrand ⓘ surface form: Witwatersrand gold rush gold mining ⓘ
largestCity	Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg
locatedIn	northeastern South Africa ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Africa ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes	Gauteng ⓘ Limpopo ⓘ Mpumalanga ⓘ North West Province ⓘ
namedAfter	Vaal River ⓘ
notableLeader	Louis Botha ⓘ Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ⓘ Paul Kruger ⓘ Paul Kruger ⓘ surface form: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
officialLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ Dutch ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ Transvaal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African Republic South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
precededBy	Transvaal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African Republic
religion	Calvinism ⓘ
treaty	London Convention ⓘ surface form: London Convention of 1884 Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ surface form: Pretoria Convention Sand River Convention ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boer forces → activeIn → Transvaal ⓘ

Koos de la Rey → allegiance → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Treaty of Pretoria (1881) → appliedToTerritory → Transvaal ⓘ

Sand River Convention → appliesToRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius → areaOfActivity → Transvaal ⓘ

Coat of arms of the South African Republic → associatedWith → Transvaal ⓘ

Oom Paul → associatedWith → Transvaal ⓘ

Lion of the West → associatedWithRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Transvaal

Second Boer War → belligerent → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Second Boer War → belligerent → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer republics

Treaty of Vereeniging → belligerentParty → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Cape Colony → borderConflictWith → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer republics

Natal Colony → borderedBy → Transvaal ⓘ

Paul Kruger → citizenship → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Treaty of Vereeniging → countryAtTime → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

First Boer War → countryInvolved → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic (Transvaal)

Koos de la Rey → countryOfCitizenship → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Louis Botha → countryOfCitizenship → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Transvaal → followedBy → Transvaal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transvaal Province

Mpumalanga → formerName → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Transvaal

Germiston → formerProvince → Transvaal ⓘ

Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa → formerProvince → Transvaal ⓘ

subject surface form: Klerksdorp

this entity surface form: Transvaal Province

Krugersdorp → formerProvince → Transvaal ⓘ

Transvaal Trek → hasLocation → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transvaal region

Paul Kruger → headOfGovernmentOf → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa → historicalProvince → Transvaal ⓘ

Afrikaners → historicalRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Afrikaners → historicalRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

Jacobus → historicalRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

subject surface form: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa → historicalRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

subject surface form: Klerksdorp

Schalk Willem Burger → historicalRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

Springs → historicalRegion → Transvaal ⓘ

Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa → locatedIn → Transvaal ⓘ

subject surface form: Klerksdorp

this entity surface form: Transvaal (historical region)

Lichtenburg, Transvaal → locatedIn → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: former Transvaal Province of South Africa

Battle of Bronkhorstspruit → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Battle of Diamond Hill → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Battle of Laing's Nek → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Battle of Schuinshoogte → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Battle of Tweebosch → location → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Transvaal

Battle of Tweebosch → location → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transvaal Colony

First Boer War → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Jameson Raid → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Second Boer War → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Transvaal Indian Congress → location → Transvaal ⓘ

Lichtenburg, Transvaal → partOf → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transvaal region

Lichtenburg, Transvaal → partOf → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Transvaal

Transvaal → partOf → Transvaal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Republic

Gerard Moerdijk → placeOfActivity → Transvaal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transvaal region

Pieter Willem Burger → placeOfActivity → Transvaal ⓘ