The State of Goshen was a short-lived  10,400 km (4,015 sq mi) Boer Republic in Cape Colony with an estimated population of 17,000.
Goshen, officially known as the State of Goshen (Dutch: Het Land Goosen), was a short-lived Boer Republic in southern Africa founded by Boers opposing British rule in the region. The Boer Republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent, self-governed republics in the last half of the nineteenth century, created by the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the Cape Colony and their descendants, variously named Trekboers, Boers and Voortrekkers in mainly the middle, northern and north eastern and eastern parts of what is now the country of South Africa. Goshen covered an area of 10,400 km (4,015 sq mi), with its northern border the Molopo River, and sharing a border with the Transvaal. It had an estimated population of 17,000, of whom approximately 2,000 were of European origin. 
