Ellisras or Lephalale is a coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 mining town in the Limpopo

Limpopo

Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...

 province of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 immediately north of the Waterberg Massif. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after the original farm owners, Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus. In 2002, Ellisras was renamed Lephalale by the provincial government of Limpopo, after the main river that crosses the municipality. Lephalale is divided into three main subsections, Lephalale, Onverwacht and Marapong.

Geography

Lephalale, is situated between 23°30' and 24°00' south

24th parallel south

The 24th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 24 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 60km south of the Tropic of Capricorn...

 latitude and 27°30' and 28°00' east

28th meridian east

The meridian 28° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

 longitude and the town is positioned west of the Mokolo river, a tributary to the Limpopo river, 820 meters above sea level.

Industry

The major economic activities of around town includes:

• Exxaro's Grootegeluk Coal mine
• Eskom's Matimba coal power station
  Matimba Power Station
  Matimba Power Station close to Ellisras, Limpopo Province, South Africa, is a coal-fired power plant operated by Eskom.-Power generation:The station consists of six 665MW units with a total install capacity of 3,990MW...
  
  
• Eskom's new Medupi power station
• Agriculture

Educational Institutions and Training Centres

Lephalale has a number of educational institutions which are:

• Bosveld Primary School
• Nelsonskop Primary School
• Ellisras Primary School
• Hoërskool Ellisras
• Tielelo Secondary School
• Phegelelo High School
• King's College
• Lephalale FET College
• Tshukudu Primary School
• Batlhalerwa Secondary School