Lephalale
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Lephalale, formerly known as Ellisras, is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately east of the Waterberg Coalfield. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus who settled on a farm there in the 1930s. In 2002, Ellisras was renamed Lephalale by the provincial government of Limpopo, after the main river that crosses the municipality. Lephalale is derived from the setswana language meaning "to flow".
Key facts
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +2
- Settlement.name
- Lephalale
- Settlement.other_name
- Ellisras
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limpopo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Waterberg
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Lephalale
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 66.94
- Settlement.population_total
- 67000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 824
- Image
- Ellisras, South Africa - panoramio (2).jpg
- Dialing code
- 014
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- inception
- 1960-01-01
- postal code
- 0555
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36 sectionsContents
- History
- 1550 to 1750
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- Town
- Notable people
- Geography
- Weather
- Economy
- Mining
- Grootegeluk
- Electricity production
- Lephalale development projects
- Agriculture and game farming
- Animal production
- Plant production
- Game farming
- Transport
- Industry
- Bushveld Festival
- Nature
- The Mokolo River
- Vegetation
- D'nyala Nature Reserve
- Mokolo Nature Reserve and Dam
- Waterberg Biosphere Reserve
- Wonderkop Nature Reserve
- Lephalale's baboon spiders
- References
- External links
Lephalale, formerly known as Ellisras, is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately east of the Waterberg Coalfield. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus who settled on a farm there in the 1930s. In 2002, Ellisras was renamed Lephalale by the provincial government of Limpopo, after the main river that crosses the municipality. Lephalale is derived from the setswana language meaning "to flow".
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