Lesotho
Sign in to saveLesotho ( , ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclaves in the world, the others being San Marino and Vatican City, which are surrounded by Italy. Lesotho is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest peak in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a population of about 2.3 million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru.
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Country
- Capital
- Maseru
- Population
- 2,116,427
- Region
- Africa · Southern Africa
- Currencies
- LSL (L), ZAR (R)
- Languages
- English, Sotho
- TLD
- .ls
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Q6256
- Capital
- Q3909
- Official language
- Q34340
- Currency
- Q181907
- Country
- Q1013
- Part of
- Q27394
- Inception
- 1966-00-00
- Official website
- https://www.gov.ls/
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