Free State

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city dam former independent Boer republic landlocked country province of South Africa

The Free State is a central South African province known for its vast farmlands, Afrikaans-speaking communities, and historic role in the former Orange Free State republic.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Free State canonical 59
Free State province 33
Free State Province 18

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
dam ⓘ
former independent Boer republic ⓘ
landlocked country ⓘ
province of South Africa ⓘ
area approximately 129825 square kilometres ⓘ
areaRankInSouthAfrica 3 ⓘ
borderedBy Eastern Cape ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
Lesotho ⓘ
Mpumalanga ⓘ
North West ⓘ
Northern Cape ⓘ
capital Bloemfontein ⓘ
contains Gariep Dam ⓘ
Orange River ⓘ
Vaal River ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
dominantSpokenLanguage Sesotho ⓘ
enclavedBy South Africa ⓘ
formerName Orange Free State ⓘ
surface form: Orange Free State Province
historicalEntityPredecessor Orange Free State ⓘ
joinedUnionOfSouthAfricaAs Orange Free State ⓘ
surface form: Orange Free State Province
locatedIn Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
central South Africa ⓘ
locatedOn Orange River ⓘ
majorCrop maize ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
sunflower ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
majorLivestock cattle ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
namedAfter Orange Free State ⓘ
naturalResource coal ⓘ
gold ⓘ
officialLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
population approximately 2.9 million (2022 estimate) ⓘ
populationRankInSouthAfrica second least populous province ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity commercial agriculture ⓘ
provincialPremierTitle Premier of the Free State ⓘ
renamed 1995 ⓘ
role judicial capital of South Africa ⓘ
significantSpokenLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
isiXhosa ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (115)

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

Second Boer War → location → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State
Second Boer War → belligerent → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State
Afrikaners → historicalRegion → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State
Afrikaners → populationCenter → Free State ⓘ
South Africa → province → Free State ⓘ
Free State → alsoKnownAs → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Free State
Gauteng → bordersProvince → Free State ⓘ
Free State → locatedIn → Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bloemfontein
Free State → locatedIn → Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Gariep Dam
Northern Cape → borderWith → Free State ⓘ
Eastern Cape → borders → Free State ⓘ
Vredefort Dome → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province
Sesotho → spokenIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province
Bloemfontein → province → Free State ⓘ
Bloemfontein → isCapitalOf → Free State ⓘ
Bloemfontein → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
KwaZulu-Natal → bordersProvince → Free State ⓘ
Mpumalanga → borders → Free State ⓘ
Orange Free State → followedBy → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State Province
Crossing of the Drakensberg → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
Highveld → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State Province
Winburg, Orange Free State → locatedInPresentDay → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province
University of the Orange Free State → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State Province
University of the Orange Free State → regionServed → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State Province
N1 highway → passesThrough → Free State ⓘ
North West → borderedBy → Free State ⓘ
Orange River → region → Free State ⓘ
Vaal Triangle → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State Province
Gariep Dam → locatedInProvince → Free State ⓘ
Gariep Dam → regionServed → Free State ⓘ
town of Hertzogville, South Africa → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Hertzogville
this entity surface form: Free State province
town of Hertzogville, South Africa → countrySubdivision → Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Hertzogville
Vaal River → formsBorderWith → Free State ⓘ
Vaal River → region → Free State ⓘ
Sotho → spokenIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province
Heilbron → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province
Heilbron → countrySubdivision → Free State ⓘ
Jamiatul Ulama South Africa → regionServed → Free State ⓘ
Drakensberg Mountains → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
North West Province → borderProvince → Free State ⓘ
town of Vredefort → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Vredefort
this entity surface form: Free State province
town of Vredefort → countrySubdivision → Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Vredefort
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
Bloem → capitalOf → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province
Bloem → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
Central University of Technology → locatedIn → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State Province
Central University of Technology → province → Free State ⓘ
Bram Fischer International Airport → serves → Free State ⓘ
Bram Fischer International Airport → serves → Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province