Free State (province)

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The Free State (Afrikaans: Vrystaat, Sotho: Foreistata; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital, because the Supreme Court is there. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans were dissolved and were merged into the provinces of South Africa. It is also the only one of the older provinces of South Africa not to undergo border changes, not counting the incorporation of the Bantustans. It borders on six other provinces, and on Lesotho.

Free State (province) Media

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  Cornelia in the Riemland region

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  Mafahlaneng township at Tweeling

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  Population density in the Free State*

  *     <1 /km²*     1–3 /km²*     3–10 /km²*     10–30 /km²*     30–100 /km²*     100–300 /km²*     300–1000 /km²*     1000–3000 /km²*     >3000 /km²*
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  Dominant home languages in the Free State*

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  Free State districts and local municipalities

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  Composition of Free State legislature after 2024 elections

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  Cattle grazing near Winburg

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  This is an image with the theme "Africa on the Move or Transport" from:

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  Brandwag (the Sentinel) in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa