Lesotho

Guide to LESOTHO

LESOTHO which official name is Kingdom of Lesotho or Lesotho, is a country from Africa located at the Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa. LESOTHO with 909 km sq km, limits with: South Africa 909 km; and is divided in 10 district . LESOTHO's capital is Maseru which is the most populated city with about 194,387 inhabitants.

History of LESOTHO

LESOTHO's government is parliamentary constitutional monarchy; a Constitutional monarchy with a Ceremonial government type, with King Letsie III as head of state and Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili as head of government.

Other symbols of LESOTHO are Basotho motto " Khotso, Pula, Nala (Sotho, Peace, Rain, Prosperity) Basotho anthem "Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona Basotho flag.Basotho flag is composed by three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; the colors represent rain, peace, and prosperity respectively; centered in the white stripe is a black Basotho hat representing the indigenous people; the flag was unfurled in October 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence .

LESOTHO's history is quite long: Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party ruled for the first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and reinstated in 1995. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after 7 years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Botswanan military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Constitutional reforms have since restored political stability; peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002.

LESOTHOs geography

Guide to travel to LESOTHO

If you are thinking on traveling to LESOTHO, you will have to take in consideration some points like LESOTHO's currency, LESOTHO's weather, LESOTHO's national holiday and LESOTHO's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. LESOTHO`s currency is called loti ( L, pl., M), which is divided in 100 lisente

LESOTHO's weather is characterized to be temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to LESOTHO.

You can also consider to visit LESOTHO on it's national holiday to get in LESOTHO's culture. If you do so, LESOTHO's national holiday is called Independence Day, 4 October.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of LESOTHO: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m. And try also to get to LESOTHO's lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit LESOTHO's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to LESOTHO, with more than 28 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to LESOTHO without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. LESOTHO has about0 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Basotho Culture

LESOTHO is known by Basothos as Kingdom of Lesotho or Lesotho in the shortened way. Basotho, about 2,125,262 people, are composed by different ethnics: Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%,. And they also have different languages: Sotho, English.

Another relevant point nowadays it's LESOTHO's religion. Basothos are divided in Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%.

But if want to know more about LESOTHO's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Basotho novelists' books like Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948), Mzamane Nhlapo .

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