Marble Hall

Marble Hall is a town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was formerly in Mpumalanga province.

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Coordinates: 24°58′S 29°18′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Municipality	Ephraim Mogale
Area [1]
• Total	16.49 km^2 (6.37 sq mi)
Elevation	910 m (2,990 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,687
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	59.1%
• Coloured	0.7%
• Indian/Asian	4.6%
• White	34.5%
• Other	1.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	35.1%
• Northern Sotho	50.6%
• English	12.0%
• Tsonga	4.3%
• Other	18.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0450
PO box	0450
Area code	013

Marble Hall is a village 26 km north-west of Groblersdal and 96 km south-south-east of Mokopane on the N11 National Route. Laid out in 1942 and proclaimed a township in January 1945, it owes its development to the Marble Lime Mine. Its name is said to be an adaptation of ‘marble hole’, where fifteen varieties of marble occur.[2]

History

While on a hunting expedition from Pretoria, Christoffel Visagie and his family discovered a hole containing marble in 1920. In 1929 the Marble Lime Company came in to work on the deposits and then, in 1942, a town was developed and known as Marmerhol (Afrikaans for Marble Hole). Soon the town's name was changed to Marble Hall.[3]

See also

• Groblersdal
• Siyabuswa

References

1. "Main Place Marble Hall". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 298.
3. www.sa-venues.com