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Transvaal

Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal.

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Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (i.e., beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal.

French map of the Transvaal and the border regions of southern Africa by Marius Chesneau (1899) source ↗
  • South African Republic (1856–1902; Afrikaans: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), a Boer republic also known as the Transvaal in English
  • Transvaal Colony (1902–1910), British colony
  • Transvaal (province) (1910–1994), province of the Union of South Africa and later the Republic of South Africa
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