Orange River Colony

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former British colony historical political entity

The Orange River Colony was a British colony in southern Africa established after the Second Boer War, later becoming the province of the Orange Free State in the Union of South Africa.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Orange River Colony canonical 9

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
administrativeCenter Bloemfontein ⓘ
borderedBy Lesotho ⓘ
surface form: Basutoland

Cape Colony ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
surface form: German South West Africa

Transvaal ⓘ
surface form: Transvaal Colony
capital Bloemfontein ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the Orange Free State ⓘ
surface form: Coat of arms of the Orange River Colony
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency pound sterling ⓘ
endDate 1910-05-31 ⓘ
establishedAfter Second Boer War ⓘ
establishedByTreaty Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ
flag Flag of the Orange River Colony ⓘ
followedBy Orange Free State Province ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
surface form: Province of the Orange Free State
formerColonyOf United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentType British crown colony ⓘ
grantedResponsibleGovernment 1907 ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Imperialism ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalSystem Roman-Dutch law with British influences ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
mainEthnicGroups Afrikaners ⓘ
British settlers ⓘ
Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
mergedInto Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa
mergerDate 1910-05-31 ⓘ
namedAfter Orange River ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Orange Free State ⓘ
previousStatus independent Boer republic ⓘ
region Orange Free State ⓘ
surface form: Orange Free State region
sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
startDate 1902-05-31 ⓘ
status self-governing colony ⓘ
todayPartOf Free State ⓘ
surface form: Free State province

South Africa ⓘ
usedToBeIndependentState yes ⓘ
warLeadingToAnnexation Second Boer War ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Orange Free State → followedBy → Orange River Colony ⓘ
Smithfield district, Orange Free State → sovereignStateDuringLaterPeriod → Orange River Colony ⓘ
Dominion of South Africa → precededBy → Orange River Colony ⓘ
Coat of arms of the Orange Free State → successorState → Orange River Colony ⓘ
British South Africa → associatedWith → Orange River Colony ⓘ
South Africa Act 1909 → unitedColony → Orange River Colony ⓘ
Union era of South Africa → precededBy → Orange River Colony ⓘ
The Earl of Selborne → governingRoleIn → Orange River Colony ⓘ
Selborne Memorandum → appliesToJurisdiction → Orange River Colony ⓘ