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Kingdom of Lesotho. A horizontal triband of blue, white and green in proportions 3:4:3; [ 1] charged with a black mokorotlo (a Basotho hat) centred on the white band. The current national flag of Lesotho, adopted on the 40th anniversary of Lesotho 's independence on 4 October 2006, [ 2] features a horizontal blue, white, and green tricolour ...
Lesotho (/ l ɪ ˈ s uː t uː / ⓘ lih-SOO-too, [6] [7] Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa , with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [ 8 ] it is the only sovereign enclave in the world outside of the Italian Peninsula .
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 ...
Flag of Lesotho. 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 ...
Lesotho: 1795 1801 1875 1884 1966 1987 2006 Lesotho: Liberia: 1827 1847 Liberia: Libya: 1711 1912 1951 1969 1972 1977 2011 Libya: Liechtenstein: 1400 1719 1852 1921 1937 1982 Liechtenstein: Lithuania: 1587 1795 1858 1883 1918 1940 1941 1944 1953 1988 2004 Lithuania: Luxembourg: 1482 1781 1795 1815 1845 1940 1944 Luxembourg: Madagascar 1787 1885 ...
Le sotho. The Sotho ( / ˈsuːtuː / ), also known as the Basotho ( / bæˈsuːtuː / ), are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho and South Africa . The ancestors of the Sotho people are believed to have originated from Northeast Africa, and migrated south in the fifth century CE.
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The Lesotho Government is a constitutional monarchy. The Prime Minister, Sam Matekane, is head of government and has executive authority. The King serves a largely ceremonial function; he no longer possesses any executive authority and is proscribed from actively participating in political initiatives. According to the constitution, the leader ...