Lesotho
Lesotho (i/lᵻˈsuːtuː/ li-SOO-too), offeecially the Kinrick o Lesotho, is a landlocked kintra an enclave, completely surroondit bi its anly neighbourin kintra, Sooth Africae.
It is juist ower 30,000 km2 (11,583 sq mi) in size an haes a population slichtly ower twa million. Its caipital an lairgest ceety is Maseru. Lesotho is a member o the Commonweel o Naitions. The name Lesotho translates roughly intae the land o the fowk who speak Sesotho. Aboot 40% o the population live alaw the internaitional poverty line o US $1.25 a day.
Kinrick o Lesotho Muso oa Lesotho | |
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Motto: "Khotso, Pula, Nala" (Sotho) "Peace, Rain, Prosperity" | |
 Location o Lesotho (dark blue) – in Africa (light blue & dark grey) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Maseru 29°28′S 27°56′E / 29.467°S 27.933°E |
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| Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Keeng | Letsie III |
• Prime Meenister | Moeketsi Majoro |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Naitional Assembly |
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• frae the Unitit Kinrick | 4 October 1966 |
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• Total | 30,355 km2 (11,720 sq mi) (140t) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2009 estimate | 2,067,000 (144t) |
• 2004 census | 2,031,348 |
• Density | 68.1/km2 (176.4/sq mi) (138t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2013 estimate |
• Total | $4.277 billion |
• Per capita | $2,244 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
• Tot | $2.616 billion |
• Per capita | $1,372 |
| Gini (2003) | 52.5 heich |
| HDI |  0.461law · 158t |
| Currency | Lesotho loti (LSL) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Drivin side | left |
| Cawin code | +266 |
| ISO 3166 code | LS |
| Internet TLD | .ls |
Estimates for this country explicitly tak intae accoont the effects o excess mortality due tae AIDS; this can result in lawer life expectancy, heicher infant mortality an daith rates, lawer population an growth rates, an chynges in the distribution o population by age an sex nor would itherwise be expectit. | |
References
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- Govrenment o Lesotho
- Published Judicial Opinions
- Judgments o the Lesotho Heich Coort
- Chief o State an Cabinet Members Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Lesotho Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine frae UCB Libraries GovPubs
- Lesotho at Curlie
- Lesotho profile frae the BBC News
Wiki Atlas o Lesotho- Key Development Forecasts for Lesotho frae Internaitional Futurs
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