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This is a list of cities and towns in Free State Province, South Africa. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
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.
The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje Vrijstaat [oːˈrɑɲə ˈvrɛistaːt]; Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat [uəˈraɲə ˈfrɛistɑːt]) was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.
The Free State is the only province in South Africa that operates a free 24-hour dedicated rotor-wing aeromedical service from a public hospital. They are able to reach far-flung areas in only 45 minutes and deliver a high level of care on scene.
The Free State province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality and four district municipalities.The district municipalities are in turn divided into eighteen local municipalities.
Clarens is a small town situated in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains in the Free State province of South Africa and nicknamed the "Jewel of the Eastern Free State". It was established in 1912 and named after the town of Clarens in Switzerland where exiled Paul Kruger spent his last days.
The Union of South Africa was established in 1910 by combining four British colonies: Cape Colony; Natal Colony; Transvaal Colony; Orange River Colony.The last two were, before the Second Boer War, independent republics known as the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.
The town is in the Thabo Mofutsanyana region of the Free State Province in South Africa. [3] It is located along the Maloti route main road, 20 kilometers from the Caledon river, alongside the Lesotho border. Due to its location, the town trades with Lesotho, Southern parts of the Free State, Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Cape. [4]