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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 117 residents
- Description: locality in Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Balfour, New Zealand”
Balfour
- Category: locality
- Location: Southland District, Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.8395° or 45° 50′ 22″ southLongitude
168.58759° or 168° 35′ 15″ eastPopulation
117Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)Open location code
4V6C5H6Q+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 1380597903OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2193597Wikidata ID
Q2625587
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