Transvaal Colony

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Transvaal Colony Transvaalkolonie
1902–1910
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Royal anthem: "God Save the King"
Location of Transvaal, circa 1890
Status	Crown colony of the United Kingdom
Capital	Pretoria
Official language	English
Common languages	Afrikaans, Dutch, Ndebele, Sepedi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Zulu
Ethnic groups (1904)	73.79% Black 23.40% White 1.90% Coloured 0.89% Asian
Religion	Dutch Reformed Anglican
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
• 1902–1910	Edward VII
• 1910	George V
Governor
• 1902–1905	Viscount Milner
• 1905–1910	Earl of Selborne
Prime Minister
• 1907–1910	Louis Botha
Legislature	Parliament of the Transvaal
• Upper house	Legislative Council
• Lower house	Legislative Assembly
Historical era	Scramble for Africa
• Established	12 April 1877
• Pretoria Convention	3 August 1881
• 'Transvaal Colony' Proclaimed	1 September 1900
• Treaty of Vereeniging	31 May 1902
• Grant of responsible self-government	6 December 1906
• Union of South Africa	31 May 1910
Population
• 1904	1,268,716[1]
Preceded by Succeeded by South African Republic Union of South Africa Swaziland Protectorate
Today part of	South Africa Eswatini

The Transvaal Colony (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈtransfɑːl]) was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902 when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The borders of the Transvaal Colony^[2] were larger than the defeated South African Republic (which had existed from 1856 to 1902).^[3] In 1910 the entire territory became the Transvaal Province of the Union of South Africa.