Transvaal Colony
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British colony from 1877 to 1881 and 1902 to 1910
Key facts
- 1904
- 1,268,716
- 1910
- George V
- Status
- Crown colony of the United Kingdom
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Official language
- English
- Common languages
- Afrikaans , Dutch , Ndebele , Sepedi , Tsonga , Tswana , Venda , Zulu
- Ethnic groups 1904
- 73.79% Black 23.40% White 1.90% Coloured 0.89% Asian
- Religion
- Dutch Reformed Anglican
- Government
- Constitutional monarchy
- 1877 1901
- Victoria
- 1901 1910
- Edward VII
- 1902 1905
- Viscount Milner
- 1905 1910
- Earl of Selborne
- 1907 1910
- Louis Botha
- Legislature
- Parliament of the Transvaal
- Upper house
- Legislative Council
- Lower house
- Legislative Assembly
- Historical era
- Scramble for Africa
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Wikidata facts
- Religion
- Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk
- Country
- British Empire
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Official language
- English language
- Currency
- rand
- Population
- 1268716
- Area
- 283000
- Head of state
- George V
- Form of government
- constitutional monarchy
- Anthem
- God Save the King
- Followed by
- Transvaal Province
- Follows
- South African Republic
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- inception
- 1902-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1910-01-01
- replaces
- South African Republic
- replaced by
- Transvaal Province
- native label
- kolonie van Transvaal
- official religion
- Reformed Christianity
- language used
- Tswana
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Transvaal
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Encyclopedic overview
25°S 30°E / 25°S 30°E / -25; 30
Today part ofSouth Africa Eswatini
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Transvaal Colony” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.