Balfour

Balfour is a small town located in the Southland region of New Zealand. Accounts of Balfour's naming differ: according to one report, it was named after an employee of the Waimea Company who lived there; alternatively it may have been named after James Melville Balfour, Marine Engineer to the New Zealand Government and uncle of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 117 residents
  • Description: locality in Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Balfour, New Zealand”

Balfour

Latitude
-45.8395° or 45° 50′ 22″ south
Longitude
168.58759° or 168° 35′ 15″ east
Population
117
Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)
Open location code
4V6C5H6Q+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1380597903
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2193597
Wiki­data ID
Q2625587
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Balfour” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Balfour (Zeelanda Berria)”
  • Basque: “Balfour”
  • Catalan: “Balfour”
  • Dutch: “Balfour”
  • French: “Balfour”
  • German: “Balfour”
  • Japanese: “バルフォー (ニュージーランド)”
  • Malay: “Balfour, New Zealand”
  • Polish: “Balfour”
  • Turkish: “Balfour”

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