Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa is the historic predecessor to the present-day state of the Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910 with the unity of the previously separate colonies of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Following the First World War, the Union of South Africa was granted the administration of the German South-West Africa colony as a League of Nations mandate and it became treated in most respects... more

Area:

  • 2,045,320 km² (789702.5 mi² )

Population:

  • 18,216,000 (1961)

Date dissolved:

  • May 31, 1961

Date founded:

  • May 31, 1910
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  • 18,216,000
  • 1961
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