Map of Orange Free State
Orange Free State is a first-level division of South Africa. Its largest mapped city is Bloemfontein, with about 463,064 people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Orange Free State, and the tables list its 5 mapped cities.
- Cities Mapped
- 5
- Largest City
- Bloemfontein
- Country
- South Africa
Interactive Map of Orange Free State
About Orange Free State
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 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Orange Free State (province) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Orange Free State: Key Facts
| Population | 2,193,062 (1991) |
|---|---|
| Area | 129,152 km² |
| Capital | Bloemfontein |
| Established | 31 May 1910 |
Facts from Wikidata Q1971200 (CC0).
History of Orange Free State: Empires and States
The atlas records 5 polities whose mapped territory included part of Orange Free State, from British Cape Colony in 1848 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| British Cape Colony | 1848–1855 CE |
| The British Empire | 1848–1931 CE |
| Free Orange State | 1856–1899 CE |
| British Africa | 1900–1931 CE |
| South Africa | 1932–2024 CE |
Historical Maps of Orange Free State
Orange Free State on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Orange Free State
5 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloemfontein | 463,064 | Orange Free State | National capital |
| 2 | Welkom | 431,944 | Orange Free State | Populated place |
| 3 | Kroonstad | 103,992 | Orange Free State | Populated place |
| 4 | Bethlehem | 83,654 | Orange Free State | Populated place |
| 5 | Brandfort | 12,091 | Orange Free State | Populated place |
Orange Free State: Quick Answers
- Where is Orange Free State?
- Orange Free State is a first-level division of South Africa, in Africa. Its mapped cities centre on 28.3338° S, 26.9880° E.
- What is the largest city in Orange Free State?
- Bloemfontein is the largest city mapped in Orange Free State, with a metropolitan population of about 463,064.
- How many cities are in Orange Free State?
- YearMaps maps 5 cities and towns in Orange Free State, with a combined metropolitan population of about 1.09 million. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.