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United States of Stellaland

 

1883 – 1885

Flag of Stellaland

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Location of Stellaland
Capital Vryburg
Language(s) Dutch
Religion Dutch Reformed
Government Republic
Historical era New Imperialism
 - Established 1883
 - Disestablished 1885


The United States of Stellaland was a short-lived Boer republic in southern Africa.

The state was formed by on 7 August 1883 by a union of the Boer republics Goshen and Stellaland. However, in 1885, the British sent in a military force under Sir Charles Warren into the territory, who subsequently abolished the republic on 30 September of the same year and re-incorporated its territory into British Bechuanaland.

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