The Province of the Orange Free State (
Afrikaans: Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (
Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (
Afrikaans: Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four
provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994. After 27 April 1994 it was dissolved following the
first non-racial election in South Africa. It is now called the
Free State Province.
Its outside borders were the same as those of the modern
Free State Province; except for the
bantustans ("homelands") of
QwaQwa and one part of
Bophuthatswana, which were contained on land inside of the provincial Orange Free State borders.
Districts in 1991
Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census.[1]
1 Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei were originally part of South Africa; they later declared independence with South African consent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their independence was recognized by the South African government but they were internationally recognized as part of South Africa.