Place:Outline of Lesotho
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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Lesotho
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The Coat of arms of Lesotho
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Lesotho:
Lesotho – sovereign country located in Southern Africa.[1] Lesotho is an enclave completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name Lesotho roughly translates into "the land of the people who speak Sesotho."
General reference
- Pronunciation: /lɪˈsuːtuː/ (
listen) - Common English country name: Lesotho
- Official English country name: The Kingdom of Lesotho
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Basotho
- Demonym(s):
- ISO country codes: LS, LSO, 426
- ISO region codes: See LS
- Internet country code top-level domain: .ls
Geography of Lesotho
Geography of Lesotho
- Lesotho is: a landlocked country
- Location:
- Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
- Africa
- Southern Africa
- Surrounded by South Africa (the country)
- Southern Africa
- Time zone: South African Standard Time (UTC+02)
- Extreme points of Lesotho
- High: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m (11,424 ft)
- Low: Confluence of Orange River and Makhaleng River 1,400 m (4,593 ft)
- Land boundaries:
South Africa 909 km - Coastline: none
- Population of Lesotho: 2,008,000 – 144th most populous country
- Area of Lesotho: 30,355 km2
- Atlas of Lesotho
Environment of Lesotho
- Climate of Lesotho
- Wildlife of Lesotho
- Fauna of Lesotho
- Birds of Lesotho
- Mammals of Lesotho
- Fauna of Lesotho
Natural geographic features of Lesotho
- Glaciers in Lesotho: none[2]
- Rivers of Lesotho
- World Heritage Sites in Lesotho: None
Regions of Lesotho
Regions of Lesotho
Ecoregions of Lesotho
List of ecoregions in Lesotho
Administrative divisions of Lesotho
Administrative divisions of Lesotho
- Districts of Lesotho
Districts of Lesotho
Districts of Lesotho
Municipalities of Lesotho
- Capital of Lesotho: Maseru
- Cities of Lesotho
Demography of Lesotho
Demographics of Lesotho
Government and politics of Lesotho
Politics of Lesotho
- Form of government: Parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy
- Capital of Lesotho: Maseru
- Elections in Lesotho
- Political parties in Lesotho
Branches of the government of Lesotho
Government of Lesotho
Executive branch of the government of Lesotho
- Head of state: King Letsie III,
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Lesotho,
Legislative branch of the government of Lesotho
- Parliament of Lesotho (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Lesotho
- Lower house: National Assembly (Lesotho)
Judicial branch of the government of Lesotho
Court system of Lesotho
Foreign relations of Lesotho
Foreign relations of Lesotho
- Diplomatic missions in Lesotho
- Diplomatic missions of Lesotho
International organization membership
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a member of:[1]
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Law and order in Lesotho
Law of Lesotho
- Law Enforcement in Lesotho
- Constitution of Lesotho
- Human rights in Lesotho
- LGBT rights in Lesotho
Military of Lesotho
Military of Lesotho
- Command
- Forces
- Army of Lesotho
- Navy of Lesotho: None
Local government in Lesotho
Local government in Lesotho
History of Lesotho
History of Lesotho
- Current events of Lesotho
Culture of Lesotho
Culture of Lesotho
- Cuisine of Lesotho
- Languages of Lesotho
- National symbols of Lesotho
- Coat of arms of Lesotho
- Flag of Lesotho
- National anthem of Lesotho
- People of Lesotho
- Public holidays in Lesotho
- Religion in Lesotho
- Hinduism in Lesotho
- Islam in Lesotho
- Sikhism in Lesotho
- World Heritage Sites in Lesotho: None
Art in Lesotho
- Literature of Lesotho
- Music of Lesotho
Sports in Lesotho
Sports in Lesotho
- Football in Lesotho
- Lesotho at the Olympics
- Cycling In Lesotho
Economy and infrastructure of Lesotho
Economy of Lesotho
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 159th (one hundred and fifty ninth)
- Communications in Lesotho
- Internet in Lesotho
- Companies of Lesotho
- Currency of Lesotho: Loti
- ISO 4217: LSL
- Health care in Lesotho
- Mining in Lesotho
- Tourism in Lesotho
- Transport in Lesotho
- Transportation in Lesotho
- Airports in Lesotho
- Rail transport in Lesotho
Education in Lesotho
Education in Lesotho
See also
Lesotho
- Index of Lesotho-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Lesotho-related topics
- Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lesotho". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 3 July 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lesotho/.
- ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links
- Government of Lesotho
- Judgments of the Lesotho High Court
- Lesotho Internet Cafe directory
- Outline of Lesotho at Curlie
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