Balfour, Mpumalanga
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| Skyline photo of central Balfour
Skyline photo of central Balfour
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Balfour is located in Mpumalanga
 Balfour
Balfour shown within Mpumalanga |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Municipality | Dipaleseng |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| 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 | 38.4% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • Afrikaans | 38.6% |
| • Zulu | 23.1% |
| • English | 15.4% |
| • Sotho | 12.3% |
| • Other | 10.7% |
| Postal code (street) | 5740 |
| PO box | 5740 |
| Area code | 017 |
Balfour is a small gold mining and maize farming town in Mpumalanga, 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.[2]
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