Balfour is a developing gold mining and maize farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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Balfour
Skyline photo of central Balfour
Balfour Show map of Mpumalanga Balfour Show map of South Africa
Coordinates: 26°39′S 28°35′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Municipality	Dipaleseng
Area [1]
• Total	12.06 km2 (4.66 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,201
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	50.2%
• Coloured	1.4%
• Indian/Asian	9.4%
• White	15.4%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	5.6%
• Zulu	60.7%
• English	15.4%
• Sotho	40.3%
• Other	10.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2410
PO box	2410
Area code	+27 17 773

History

The town and post office, some 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Johannesburg, was 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.[2]

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[ru] Бальфур (город)