Balfour (Q2188373)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Balfour is een dorp in de gemeente Dipaleseng in het district Gert Sibande in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Mpumalanga. De industrie van Balfour is van oudsher gericht op de kolenmijnbouw en maïsbouw.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Balfour (voorheen: McHattiesburg) is 'n klein landbou- en steenkoolmynboudorp in Mpumalanga, Suid-Afrika. Die eerste erwe is op 16 Februarie 1898 verkoop en die dorp is eers genoem na Frederick McHattie. In 1905 het die Britse Eerste Minister Arthur Balfour die dorp besoek waarna die dorp se naam verander is na Balfour.

Wikidata location: -26.6608, 28.5883 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Balfour (OSM), 314 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Balfour
is_in: Mpumalanga, South Africa
place: town
source: sagns
old_name: McHattiesburg
sagns_id: 96592
wikidata: Q2188373
wikipedia: en:Balfour, Mpumalanga
wikimedia_commons: Category:Balfour, Mpumalanga

wikidata match: Q2188373

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Populated places established in 1897 boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Populated places in the Dipaleseng Local Municipality boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level