Smithfield district, Orange Free State

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former administrative district historical geographic region person

Smithfield district, Orange Free State was a rural administrative area in the former Orange Free State republic in southern Africa, known historically as the birthplace of prominent Boer general and politician Christiaan de Wet.

Aliases (1)

Christiaan de Wet ×5

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative district → historical geographic region → person →
birthPlace	Smithfield district, Orange Free State →
characteristic	Boer farming community → predominantly rural →
country	Orange Free State →
countryOfCitizenship	Orange Free State →
economy	cattle farming → pastoral farming → sheep farming →
governmentType	district of a Boer republic →
hasAdministrativeCenter	Smithfield →
historicalRole	rural administrative area of the Orange Free State →
knownFor	birthplace of Christiaan de Wet →
locatedIn	Orange Free State → southern Africa →
locatedInPresentDay	Free State province, South Africa →
namedAfter	Smithfield →
notablePersonBornHere	Christiaan de Wet →
occupation	Boer general → politician →
partOf	Boer republics → Orange Free State Republic →
sovereignStateDuringExistence	Orange Free State →
sovereignStateDuringLaterPeriod	Orange River Colony → Union of South Africa →
timePeriod	19th century → early 20th century →
usedLanguage	Afrikaans → Dutch → English →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christiaan de Wet → Christiaan de Wet →	birthPlace