Goshen (South Africa)

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Goshen (named after the biblical Land of Goshen) was a short-lived Boer republic from 24 October 1882 until 7 August 1883; it was located in an area of Bechuanaland, west of the then South African Republic. Rooigrond was the capital and Gey van Pittius the administrator.

On 7 August 1883 it united with the state of Stellaland to form the United States of 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.

Historical states of present-day South Africa

Mapungubwe (1050–1270) Cape Colony (1652–1910) Swellendam (1795) Graaff Reinet (1795–1796) Waterboer's Land (1813–1871) Adam Kok's Land (1825–1861) Winburg (1836–1844) Potchefstroom (1837–1848) Republic of Utrecht (1854–1858) Lydenburg Republic (1856–1860) Nieuw Republiek (1884–1888) Griqualand East (1861–1879) Griqualand West (1870) Klein Vrystaat (1886–1891) Stellaland (1882–1885) Goshen (1882–1883) Zululand (1816–1897) Natalia Republic (1839–1843) Orange Free State (1854–1902) South African Republic (1857–1902) Union of South Africa (1910–1961) Bophuthatswana (1977–1994) Ciskei (1981–1994) Transkei (1976–1994) Venda (1979–1994) Republic of South Africa (1961–present)