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2. Lesotho - Wikipedia

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   Topographic map The Afriski resort in the Maloti Mountains. Lesotho covers 30,355 km 2 (11,720 sq mi). It is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) in elevation. Its lowest point of 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) is thus the highest lowest point of any country in the world. Over 80% of the country lies ...

3. Mokhotlong River - Wikipedia

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   Data from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, and British Government Directorate of Overseas Surveys. The Mokhotlong River is a river in northeastern Lesotho. It arises as a confluence of several intermittent mountain streams near the South African border, then flows northwest to a confluence from the Sanqebethu River, then westward to its confluence ...

4. Geography of Lesotho - Wikipedia

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   1,400 m (4,593.2 ft) Lesotho is a mountainous, landlocked country located in Southern Africa. It is an enclave, surrounded by South Africa. The total length of the country's borders is 909 kilometres (565 mi). Lesotho covers an area of around 30,355 square kilometres (11,720 sq mi), of which a negligible percentage is covered with water.

5. Maseru - Wikipedia

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   Maseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, Maseru lies directly on the Lesotho–South Africa border. Maseru had a population of 330,760 in the 2016 census. The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the country became a British ...

6. Mokhotlong District - Wikipedia

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   Mokhotlong district (in Sesotho language "the place of the bald ibis ") is a district of Lesotho. It includes the highest terrain in the Maloti Mountains and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho's primary watershed. Mokhotlong is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. Mokhotlong borders on the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South ...

7. Matekane Air Strip - Wikipedia

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   08/26. 580. 1,903. Grass. Source: Google Maps [1] Matekane Air Strip is a high elevation airstrip serving Matekane, Lesotho, with a runway that extends to the edge of a 500 m (1,600 ft) cliff. The runway is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is known as one of the world's scariest runways.

8. Sani Pass - Wikipedia

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   Sani Pass. /  29.588139°S 29.292722°E  / -29.588139; 29.292722. Sani Pass is a mountain pass located in the West of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on the road between Himeville, KwaZulu-Natal and Mokhotlong, Lesotho. The pass traverses the Great Escarpment of southern Africa in its highest region, the Drakensberg Mountains, which reach an ...

9. History of Lesotho - Wikipedia

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   The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho ( / ləˈsuːtuː, - ˈsoʊtoʊ / [1] [2]) goes back as many as 400 years. Present Lesotho (then called Basotholand) emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Under Moshoeshoe I, Basotho joined other clans in their struggle against the Lifaqane associated with ...