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Barberton

Town in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

CitytownQ807828

Also known as Barbeton · Barberton (Town)

Country: South Africa
Located in: Mbombela Local Municipality(since 2016)
, Umjindi Local Municipality
Elevation: 853 m
Founded: 1884
Postal code: 1300
Website: barberton.co.za

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Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is fringed by the Makhonjwa Mountains. It is 43 kilometres (27 mi) south of Mbombela and 360 kilometres (220 mi) east of Johannesburg.

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Local dialing code: 013
Capital of: Umjindi Local Municipality
Different from: Barberton criterion used: two locations with the same name, country

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13 identifiers linking Barberton across the web's reference databases

-25.7861, 31.0531OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDB. (2026). Barberton (Q807828). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/barberton-Q807828