Lephalale

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Lephalale Ellisras
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Coordinates: 23°40′S 27°45′E / 23.667°S 27.750°E / -23.667; 27.750
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Municipality	Lephalale
Area [1]
• Total	66.94 km2 (25.85 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	17,639
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	58.0%
• Coloured	3.3%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	37.2%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	39.0%
• Northern Sotho	22.1%
• English	12.0%
• Tswana	7.6%
• Other	19.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0555
PO box	0555
Area code	014

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".