Lesotho

Lesotho

sovereign state, enclave, landlocked country, kingdom, country

Part of	Southern Africa
Year dem found am	1966
Official name	Muso oa Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho, Lesotho, Lesotho, le Royaume du Lesotho
Native label	Lesotho
Short name	🇱🇸
IPA transcription	lɛ'sutu
Dem name after	Sesotho
Official language	English, Sesotho
Anthem	Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona
Culture	culture of Lesotho
Motto text	Khotso, Pula, Nala, Peace, Rain, Prosperity, Мир, дъжд, просперитет, The Kingdom In The Sky, Y Frenhiniaeth yn yr Awyr
Continent	Africa
Country	Lesotho
Capital	Maseru
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00, Africa/Maseru
Located in/on physical feature	Southern Africa
Enclave within	South Africa
Coordinate location	29°33′0″S 28°15′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	29°20′27″S 29°27′20″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	28°34′12″S 28°39′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	30°40′32″S 28°6′49″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	29°38′58″S 27°0′41″E
Highest point	Thabana Ntlenyana
Lowest point	Orange River
Government ein basic form	constitutional monarchy
Office held by head of state	King of Lesotho
State ein head	Letsie III of Lesotho
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Lesotho
Government ein head	Sam Matekane
Legislative body	Parliament of Lesotho
Central bank	Central Bank of Lesotho
Currency	loti, rand
Twinned administrative body	Gummersbach
Dey share bother plus	South Africa
Driving side	left
Electrical plug type	BS 546
Dey replace	Basutoland
Language dem use	English, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa
Dema official website	https://www.gov.ls/
Hashtag	Lesotho
Top-level Internet domain	.ls
Flag	flag of Lesotho
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Lesotho
Geography of topic	geography of Lesotho
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Lesotho
Economy of topic	economy of Lesotho
Demographics of topic	demographics of Lesotho
Mobile country code	651
Country calling code	+266
Emergency phone number	112, 114, 115
Licence plate code	LS
Maritime identification digits	644
Unicode character	🇱🇸
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Lesotho

Lesotho (/lɪˈsuːtuː/ (listen) lih-SOO-too,^[1][2] Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), alias Kingdom of Lesotho, be sam country wey dem landlock for Southern Africa. As ebe enclave of South Africa, plus edey share 1,106 km border,^[3] ebe de sovereign enclave per for de world insyd wey dey outsyd of de Italian peninsula. Edey for de Maloti Mountains wey edey contain de highest mountains for Southern Africa insyd.^[4] Eget area of ova 30,000 km² (11,600 sq mi) wey eget population of about 2 million. Ein capital den largest city be Maseru.

Dem sanso know de country by de nickname The Mountain Kingdom.^[5]

De Sotho ethnic group (dem sanso know as Basotho), from wey de country derive ein name, dey compose 99.7% of de country ein population, wey dey make am one of de most ethnically homogenous for de world insyd. Dema native language, Sesotho, be de official language along plus English. De name Lesotho dey translate go "land of de Sesotho speakers".^[6][7]

King Moshoeshoe I wey he form Lesotho for 1822 insyd. Continuous encroachments by Dutch settlers make de King enter go agreement plus de British Empire wey e cam turn protectorate for 1868 insyd den, for 1884 insyd, crown colony. For 1966 e achieve independence, wey na subsequently de Basotho National Party (BNP) rule am for two decades. Dem restore Constitutional government for 1993 insyd after seven years of military rule. Dem exile King Moshoeshoe II for 1990 insyd wey he return for 1992 insyd wey dem reinstate am for 1995 insyd. One year later, Moshoeshoe II die wey ein son Letsie III take de throne, wey he currently dey zuk.^[3]

Dem dey consider Lesotho lower middle income country plus great socioeconomic challenges. Almost half of ein population dey below de poverty line, wey de country ein HIV/AIDS prevalence rate be de second-highest for de world insyd. Edey for de path top, howeva, dey go universal primary education wey e get one of de highest rates of literacy for Africa insyd. Lesotho be member of de United Nations, de Non-Aligned Movement, de Commonwealth of Nations, de African Union, den de Southern African Development Community.^[8]

For administrative purposes, dem divide Lesotho go 10 districts, each de district administrator wey dey head am. Each district get capital dem know as camptown.

• Berea
• Butha-Buthe
• Leribe
• Mafeteng
• Maseru
• Mohale's Hoek
• Mokhotlong
• Qacha's Nek
• Quthing
• Thaba-Tseka

Dem subdivide de districts go 80 constituencies, wey dey consist of 129 local community councils.

Lesotho get population of approximately 2,281,454.^[10][11] De population distribution of Lesotho be 25% urban den 75% rural. Dem dey estimate say de annual increase insyd urban population be 3.5%.^[12] 60.2% of de population bebetween 15 den 64 years of age.^[12]

1. ↑ "lesotho noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com". www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
2. ↑ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd edu.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Africa :: Lesotho — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
4. ↑ "Maloti Mountains | Drakensberg, Lesotho Highlands, Southern Africa | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
5. ↑ "Office Of The King". Government Of Lesotho. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
6. ↑ Nicole Itano (2007). No Place Left to Bury the Dead. Simon and Schuster. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-7432-7095-3.
7. ↑ Roman Adrian Cybriwsky (2013). Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 182. ISBN 9781610692489. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
8. ↑ V-Dem Institute (2023). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
9. ↑ "Lesotho Cities by Population 2022".
10. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
11. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} "Lesotho". The World Factbook. Retrieved 15 May 2007.

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• Published Judicial Opinions
• Lesotho. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Lesotho from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Lesotho profile from de BBC News
• Key Development Forecasts for Lesotho from International Futures
• Introduction of Lesotho