Orange River Sovereignty
Orange River Sovereignty | |||||||
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| 1848–1854 | |||||||
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Location of the Orange River Sovereignty, early 1850s | |||||||
| Status | British colony | ||||||
| Capital | Bloemfontein | ||||||
| Common languages | Afrikaans English Sesotho Setswana | ||||||
| Religion | Dutch Reformed, African religions | ||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||
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| Resident | |||||||
• 1848–1852 | Henry Douglas Warden | ||||||
• 1852–1854 | Henry Green | ||||||
| Commissioners | |||||||
• 1849–1853 | C. U. Stuart | ||||||
• 1853–1854 | Sir George Russell Clerk | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• British Colony founded | 3 February 1848 | ||||||
• Dominion renounced | 30 January 1854 | ||||||
| 23 February 1854 | |||||||
• British garrison departed | 11 March 1854 | ||||||
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The Orange River Sovereignty (1848–1854; Afrikaans: Oranjerivier-soewereiniteit) was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in Southern Africa, a region known informally as Transorangia. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State province of South Africa.