Marble Hall

Marble Hall
Satellite image of Marble Hall (2003)
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Coordinates: 24°58′00″S 29°17′20″E / 24.96667°S 29.28889°E / -24.96667; 29.28889
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Municipality	Ephraim Mogale
Area [1]
• Total	16.49 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Elevation	910 m (2,990 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,687
• Density	160/km2 (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%
• Sepedi	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 town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was formerly in Mpumalanga province.

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]

While on a hunting expedition from Bethlehem, Matthew Greeff and his dog 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 Materhol (Afrikaans for Matthews Hole). Soon, the town's name was changed to Marble Hall.^[3]

• Groblersdal
• Siyabuswa