Marble Hall

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Marble Hall

| pushpin_map = South Africa Limpopo#South Africa#Africa

| image_skyline = ISS007-E-10941 - View of South Africa, Marble Hall.jpg

| image_caption = Satellite image of Marble Hall (2003)

| coordinates = {{coord|24|58|00|S|29|17|20|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limpopo

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Sekhukhune

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Ephraim Mogale

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/983059 |title = Main Place Marble Hall |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 16.49

| elevation_m = 910

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2687

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 59.1%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.7%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 4.6%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 34.5%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 1.2%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 35.1%

| demographics2_title2 = Sepedi

| demographics2_info2 = 50.6%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 12.0%

| demographics2_title4 = Tsonga

| demographics2_info4 = 4.3%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 18.0%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 0450

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 0450

| area_code_type = Area code

| 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.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=298}}

History

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.[http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsmpl/marble-hall.php www.sa-venues.com]

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