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Anglo Boer War	Kampe	Cape of Good Hope 1652-1806	Voortrekkers

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South Africa Country Naming

Location names updated: 2021-04-01.

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Location fields

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Cape/Kaap	Natal	Transvaal	Free State//Vrystaat
1652-04-06 – 1795-09-16 de Caep de Goede Hoop Cabo de Goede Hoop 1795-09-17-1803-02-20 Cape of Good Hope Colony 1803-02-21-1806-01-18 Cabo de Goede Hoop 1806-01-19 to 1910-05-30 Cape Colony Kaapkolonie 1910-05-31 - 1961-05-30 Unie van Suid Afrika Kaapprovinsie, Unie van Suid Afrika Cape Province, Union of South Africa 1961-05-31 to 1994-04-26 Kaapprovinsie, Republiek van Suid Afrika Kaapprovinsie, Suid Afrika Cape Province, Republic of South Africa Cape Province, South Africa 1994-04-27 Western Cape, Republic of South Africa Western Cape, South Africa Wes-Kaap, Republiek van Suid Afrika Wes-Kaap, Suid Afrika Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa Eastern Cape, South Africa Oos-Kaap, Republiek van Suid Afrika Oos-Kaap, Suid Afrika Northern Cape, Republic of South Africa Northern Cape, South Africa Noord-Kaap, Republiek van Suid Afrika Noord-Kaap, Suid Afrika	1816 - 1897 Zoeloeland Zululand Oct 1838 Republiek van Port Natal Republic of the Port of Natal 1839 Natalia Republiek Natalia Republic 1843-05-04 Natal Kolonie Natal Colony 1856 Natal Natal 1910-05-31 to 1961-05-30 Unie van Suid Afrika Provinsie van Natal, Unie van Suid Afrika Province of Natal, Union of South Africa 1961-05-31 to 1994-04-26 Natal, Republiek van Suid Afrika Natal, Suid Afrika Natal, Republic of South Africa Natal, South Africa 1994-04-27 KwaZulu-Natal, Republiek van Suid Afrika KwaZulu-Natal, Suid Afrika KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1844-04-09 to 1852-01-16 Transvaal Republiek Transvaal Republic 1852-01-17 to 1902-05-30 Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic 1902-05-31 to 1910-05-30 Transvaalse Kolonie Transvaal Colony 1910-05-31 to 1961-05-30 Unie van Suid Afrika Transvaal Provinsie, Unie van Suid Afrika Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa 1961-05-31 to 1994-04-26 Transvaal, Republiek van Suid Afrika Transvaal, Suid Afrika Transvaal, Republic of South Africa Transvaal, South Africa 1994-04-27 Limpopo, Republic of South Africa Limpopo, South Africa Limpopo, Republiek van Suid Afrika Limpopo, Suid Afrika Gauteng, Republic of South Africa Gauteng, South Africa Gauteng, Republiek van Suid Afrika Gauteng, Suid Afrika North West, Republic of South Africa North West, South Africa Noord-Wes, Republiek van Suid Afrika Noord-Wes, Suid Afrika Mpumalanga, Republic of South Africa Mpumalanga, South Africa Mpumalanga, Republiek van Suid Afrika Mpumalanga, Suid Afrika	1848-02-03 to 1852-01-16 Transoranje 1852-01-17 to 1900-10-05 Oranje Vrijstaat 1900-10-06 to 1902-05-30 Oranjerivierkolonie 1902-05-31 to 1910-05-30 Oranje Unie 1910-05-31 to 1961-05-30 Unie van Suid Afrika Oranje Vrystaat, Unie van Suid Afrika Orange Free State, Union of South Africa 1961-05-31 to 1994-04-26 Oranje Vrystaat, Republiek van Suid Afrika Oranje Vrystaat, Suid Afrika Orange Free State, Republic of South Africa Orange Free State, South Africa 1994-04-27 Vrystaat, Republiek van Suid Afrika Vrystaat, Suid Afrika Free State, Republic of South Africa Free State, South Africa

The small areas that became part of the 4 provinces	The Homelands that became part of the 9 provinces in 1994	Namibia
Republiek van Swellendam (1795) Republiek van Graaff-Reinet (1795-1796) Waterboer's Land (1813-1871) Philippolis/Adam Kok's Land (1826-1861) Zoutpansberg (1835-1864) British Kaffraria1835-1866) Winburg (1836-1844) Potchefstroom (1837-1844) Winburg-Potchefstroom (1844-1848) Utrecht Republiek (1854-1858) Lydenburg Republiek (1856-1860) Griqualand Oos (1862–1879) officially known as Nuwe Griqualand Griqualand Wes (1870-1871) Klein Vrystaat (1876-1891), literally Little Free State Staat van Goshen (1882-1883) Republiek van Stellaland (1882-1883) Verenigde State van Stellaland (1883-1885) Nuwe Republiek (1884-1888) Republiek van Upingtonia/Lijdensrust (1885-1887)Today part of Namibia Walvis Bay 1884-1994-03-01 Today part of Namibia	Republic of Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana 1977 to 1994-04-26 Today divided between the North West, Gauteng and Free State. Republic of Ciskei Ciskei 1981 to 1994-04-26 Today a part of the Eastern Cape Province Gazankulu 1973 to 1994-04-26 Today divided between Limpopo and Mpumalanga KaNgwane 1984 to 1994-04-26 Today part of the Mpumalanga province KwaNdebele 1981 to 1994-04-26 Today part of the Mpumalanga province KwaZulu 1977 to 1994-04-26 Today part of of KwaZulu-Natal. Lebowa 1972 to 1994-04-26 Today part of the Limpopo province QwaQwa 1974 to 1994-04-26 Today part of the Free State province Republic of Transkei Transkei 1976 to 1994-04-26 Today part of the Eastern Cape province. Republic of Venda Venda 1979 to 1994-04-26 Today part of Limpopo province	Up to 1884-08-07 Groot Namaqualand 1884-08-07 Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1915-07-09 South-West Africa Suidwes Afrika 1990-03-21 Namibia

Categorisation/Kategorieë

Om ons familie lede makliker te vind tussen die groot hoveelheid profiele in die Suid Afrikaanse Projek maak ons gebruik van Kategorieë wat op streke en plek name gebaseer is

In order to organize profiles and to make it easier to find groups of people in the vast South African Project we use Categories based on regional and place names

Volg onderstaande skakel: Follow this link

South African Place Name Categorization Guidance and Rules

Andrew Field Is the ‘go to’ categorisation person on the Project.

Contact him should you need any assistance or would like to volunteer your help.

Kontak gerus vir Andrew indien jy hulp verlang of graag wil help.

Migration Categories

The place names for migration categories

the approved "to migration" names that can be used

until 1806

de Caep de Goede Hoop

for the Country and Entity

between 1806 and 1910

Kaapkolonie

Natal

Transvaal

Oranje Vrystaat

for the Country and Entity

from 1910 to 1960

Unie van Suid Afrika/Union of South Africa

for the country and Entity

then from 1961

Republiek van Suid Afrika/Republic of South Africa

for the country and Entity

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