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Free State

Administration

Full name	Free State
Official name	The Province of the Free State
Native name
Settlement type	Province of South Africa
Motto	Katleho ka kopano (Success through unity)
Country	South Africa
Orange Free State	17 February 1854
OFS Province	31 May 1910
Free State	27 April 1994
Government
Capital	Bloemfontein
Type	Parliamentary system
Premier	Ace Magashule
Geography
Total Area	50112.5 sq mi (129825 km2)
Area rank	3rd in South Africa
Highest Elevation	10797.2 ft (3291 m)
Demography
Total Population	2773059 (8th in South Africa) (2007)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (8th in South Africa) (0/sq mi)
Pop. Estimate	2824500( 2010)
Population groups
Black African	87.1%
White	9.6%
Coloured	3.0%
Indian or Asian	0.2%
Sotho	64.4%
Afrikaans	11.9%
Xhosa	9.1%
Tswana	6.8%
Zulu	5.1%
Other information
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	ZA-FS

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The Free State ( , ; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans were abolished and included into the provinces of South Africa. It is also the only one of the former provinces of South Africa not to undergo border changes, excluding the incorporation of Bantustans.

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