Orange Free State (province)

The Province of the Orange Free State (Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (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 predecessor was the Orange River Colony which in 1902 had replaced the Orange Free State, a Boer republic.

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.


 * Zastron: 14,122
 * Rouxville: 11,904
 * Bethulie: 9,333
 * Smithfield: 7,946
 * Wepener: 12,964
 * Dewetsdorp: 13,521
 * Reddersburg: 6,070
 * Edenburg: 6,968
 * Trompsburg: 5,138
 * Jagersfontein: 6,353
 * Bloemfontein: 300,150
 * Petrusburg: 11,071
 * Brandfort: 23,521
 * Botshabelo: 177,926
 * Philippolis: 7,056
 * Fauresmith: 8,916
 * Koffiefontein: 10,778
 * Jacobsdal: 9,748
 * Boshof: 32,033
 * Theunissen: 38,482
 * Bultfontein: 28,556
 * Hoopstad: 27,934
 * Wesselsbron: 26,494
 * Odendaalsrus: 97,603
 * Welkom: 248,186
 * Virginia: 81,780
 * Hennenman: 25,165
 * Ventersburg: 14,534
 * Ladybrand: 30,532
 * Excelsior: 18,051
 * Clocolan: 18,542
 * Marquard: 17,217
 * Winburg: 17,765
 * Senekal: 41,551
 * Ficksburg: 36,810
 * Fouriesburg: 16,932
 * Bethlehem: 80,921
 * Lindley: 37,664
 * Reitz: 30,712
 * Harrismith: 63,220
 * Vrede: 37,324
 * Kroonstad: 110,963
 * Bothaville: 54,726
 * Viljoenskroon: 59,279
 * Vredefort: 13,518
 * Koppies: 19,723
 * Parys: 48,678
 * Sasolburg: 89,079
 * Heilbron: 40,987
 * Frankfort: 44,617