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Lesotho

MokhotlongButha-ButheLeribeQacha's NekThaba-TsekaBereaMaseruMafetengMohale's HoekQuthingMokhotlongButha-ButheLeribeQacha's NekThaba-TsekaBereaMaseruMafetengMohale's HoekQuthingSouthAfrica
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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

Paramount chief MOSHOESHOE I consolidated what would become Basutoland in the early 19th century and made himself king in 1822. Continuing encroachments by Dutch settlers from the neighboring Orange Free State caused the king to enter into an 1868 agreement with the UK that made Basutoland first a British protectorate and, after 1884, a crown colony. After gaining independence in 1966, the country was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho. The Basotho National Party ruled the country during its first two decades.

Capital
Maseru
Government
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Population
2,222,962
Area
30,355 sq km
Location
Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
Climate
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Natural resources
water; agricultural and grazing land; diamonds; sand; clay; building stone
Languages
Sesotho (official); English (official); Phuthi; Xhosa…
Religions
Protestant 47.8% (Pentecostal 23.1%; Lesotho Evangelical 17.3%; Anglican 7.4%); Roman Catholic 39.3%…
Independence
4 October 1966 (from the UK)
Administrative divisions
10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka
Currency
maloti (LSL)
Export partners
South Africa 31%; Belgium 26%; USA 20%; UAE 8%…
Import partners
South Africa 78%; China 10%; Taiwan 3%; Japan 1%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

Subdivisions

10 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.

NameTypeCode
MokhotlongDistrictLS-J
Butha-ButheDistrictLS-B
LeribeDistrictLS-C
Qacha's NekDistrictLS-H
Thaba-TsekaDistrictLS-K
BereaDistrictLS-D
MaseruDistrictLS-A
MafetengDistrictLS-E
Mohale's HoekDistrictLS-F
QuthingDistrictLS-G

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Currency
maloti (LSL)
Languages
Sesotho (official); English (official); Phuthi; Xhosa…
Government
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Climate
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers

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