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

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.

Eugène Marais → placeOfBirth → Transvaal ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African Republic
F. W. de Klerk → placeOfBirth → Transvaal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transvaal Province
this entity surface form: Transvaal Province
Zindzi Mandela → placeOfBirth → Transvaal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transvaal Province
Transvaal → precededBy → Transvaal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African Republic
Vanderbijlpark → previousProvince → Transvaal ⓘ
Vereeniging → previousProvince → Transvaal ⓘ
North West → previouslyPartOf → Transvaal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transvaal Province
this entity surface form: South African Republic
Koos → regionOfActivity → Transvaal ⓘ
subject surface form: Koos de la Rey
Piet Joubert → regionOfActivity → Transvaal ⓘ
Die Transvaler → regionServed → Transvaal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transvaal Province
First Boer War → relatedTo → Transvaal ⓘ
First Boer War → relatedTo → Transvaal ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African Republic
Andries Pretorius → residence → Transvaal ⓘ
The Soul of the Ape → setting → Transvaal ⓘ
Treaty of Vereeniging → signedIn → Transvaal ⓘ
Boer Wars → theatreOfWar → Transvaal ⓘ
subject surface form: Pretoria
this entity surface form: Transvaal Province
Hendrik Schoeman → workLocation → Transvaal ⓘ