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Transvaal after 1994
The '''Transvaal''' is a former province of [[South Africa]], located in the north of the country, north of the River Vaal which seperated it from the [[Orange Free State]]. The name was informally attached to the quasi-independent [[South African Republic]], which existed from the 1870s until it was conquered by Britain during the [[Boer War]], and was used by the British as the official name of the newly-acquired territory.
The '''Transvaal''' is a former province of [[South Africa]], located in the north of the country, north of the River Vaal which seperated it from the [[Orange Free State]]. The name was informally attached to the quasi-independent [[South African Republic]], which existed from the 1870s until it was conquered by Britain during the [[Boer War]], and was used by the British as the official name of the newly-acquired territory.
Following the independence of South Africa in 1994, the provincial boundaries were altered and the Transvaal was sub-divided into the four provinces of [[Gauteng]] (formerly known as PWV, standing for Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal Triangle), [[North-West province|North-West]], [[Limpopo province|Limpopo]] and [[Mpumalanga]].
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[[Category:South Africa]]