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Orange Free State
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Orange Free State
The
Orange Free State
(, , abbreviated as
OVS
) was an independent
Boer
sovereign republic in
southern Africa
during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British
colony
and a
province
of the
Union of South Africa
. It is the historical precursor to the present-day
Free State
province. Extending between the
Orange
and
Vaal
rivers, its borders were determined by the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
in 1848 when the region was proclaimed as the
Orange River Sovereignty
, with a seat of a
British Resident
in
Bloemfontein
.
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