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Lephalale

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…

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Area code
014
Country
South Africa
District
Waterberg
Municipality
Lephalale
PO box
0555
Postal code (street)
0555

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Lephalale

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples107
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
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Lephalale

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related to 1980s · 11
Lephalale → April, Bulspruit River, Grootegeluk, Hans Strijdom Dam, March, Mokolo, Mokolo Dam, Mokolo River, On, The, The Malmanie River
related to Mokolo Nature Reserve and Dam · 10
Lephalale → Adjacent, Approximately, It, Limpopo Province, Mokolo, Mokolo Dam, Mokolo Nature Reserve, Mokolo River, The, Waterberg
related to Electricity production · 9
Lephalale → Coal, Eskom, Eskom's Matimba Power Station, Grootegeluk, Matimba, Medupi, MW, South Africa's, Tsonga
related to Mining · 9
Lephalale → Daarby, Exxaro, Grootegeluk, However, South Africa's, The, The Eenzaamheid, The Waterberg, Waterberg
related to Transport · 8
Lephalale → Eskom, Grootegeluk, In, Lowveld Bus Services, Matimba, Phadziri, Phadziri Brothers, Public
related to Weather · 7
Lephalale → April, Based, February, In Lephalale, November, Over, September
related to D'nyala Nature Reserve · 6
Lephalale → African, Cape, Chestnut-backed, D'nyala, Situated, The
• Other · 2
Lephalale → 0.4%, 19.2%
• Total · 2
Lephalale → 66.94 km2 (25.85 sq mi), 67,000
related to 2000s · 2
Lephalale → Ellisras, The

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coal waterberg area south mine ellisras river power grootegeluk mokolo reserve limpopo station town matimba also d'nyala dam project main

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LephalaleArea code0141.00infobox
LephalaleCountrySouth Africa1.00infobox
LephalaleDistrictWaterberg1.00infobox
LephalaleMunicipalityLephalale1.00infobox
LephalalePO box05551.00infobox
LephalalePostal code (street)05551.00infobox
LephalaleProvinceLimpopo1.00infobox
LephalaleTime zoneUTC+2 (SAST)1.00infobox
Lephalale• Afrikaans39.0%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Black African58.0%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Coloured3.3%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)1.00infobox
Lephalale• English12.0%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Indian/Asian1.1%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Northern Sotho22.1%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Other0.4%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Other19.2%1.00infobox
Lephalale• Total66.94 km2 (25.85 sq mi)1.00infobox
Lephalale• Total67,0001.00infobox
Lephalale• Tswana7.6%1.00infobox
Lephalale• White37.2%1.00infobox

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