Union of South Africa

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1910 – 1961 · up to 2,061 thousand km² · Africa

Capital: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pretoria

The Union of South Africa was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961. It was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into existence on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange River colonies. It included the territories that were formerly part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.

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Successors: South Africa

Events on its territory

• 1938 The living fossil coelacanth
• 1948 Apartheid begins in South Africa