South African Republic

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1852 – 1902 · up to 317 thousand km² · Africa

Capital: Pretoria

The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War.

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Predecessors: Klein Vrystaat

Successors: Transvaal Colony

Events on its territory

• 1886 The Witwatersrand Gold Rush