Country South Africa District Gert Sibande Established 1898 Area 15.98 km² Local time Wednesday 12:42 AM | Province Mpumalanga Municipality Dipaleseng Postal code (street) 2410 Area code 017 PO box 2410 | |
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Weather 15°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Balfour is a small gold mining and maize farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Map of Balfour, 2410, South Africa
The town and post office, some 80 km southeast of Johannesburg, were established on the farms Vlakfontein No. 101 and No. 108 which belonged to Frederick Stuart McHattie, and named McHattiesburg after him in 1897. Proclaimed on 16 February 1898, it was renamed Balfour on 15 February 1905, after Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1902-1905, who visited South Africa in that year.
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Balfour, Mpumalanga Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA