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.
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Latitude
-45.8395° or 45° 50′ 22″ south
Longitude
168.58759° or 168° 35′ 15″ east
Open location code
4V6C5H6Q+62
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Balfour” goes by many names.
バルフォー (ニュージーランド)Japanese
Balfour, New ZealandMalay
BalfourPolish
BalfourTurkish
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Southland: Highlights
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