Lesotho Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Lesotho with its capital Maseru is located in Africa (Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa). It covers some 30,356 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Maryland) with 2,128,000 citizens. English, Sotho, Southern, Zulu and Xhosa are the official languages spoken in Lesotho (consider regional differences). South Africa is a bordering country.

Lesothois a country in Southern Africa. Known as the Kingdom in the Sky because of its lofty altitude — it has the highest lowest point of any country in the world (1400m) and is the only country to be entirely above 1000m!Lesotho has 300 days of sunshine. The rainy season extends from October to April in which Lesotho gets 70mm of rainfall, mostly during severe thunderstorms. Do: Skiing, Hiking, Pony-Trekking...

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About Lesotho

The landscape features mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains. The average density of population is about 70 per km². The climate in Lesotho can be described as temperate with cool to cold, dry winters, hot, wet summers. Potential threats by nature are periodic droughts.

To reach someone in Lesotho dial +266 prior to a number. There are 40,000 installed telephones. And there are 661,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ls". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 10 regions/states in Lesotho we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Basotho population grew at a rate of 0.28% (or by 5,336 citizens). With 30,156 deaths and 52,154 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.15%. -16,662 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Lesotho: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.