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Maputsoe is a town and constituency located in the northern district of Leribe in Lesotho; it shares a border-post with Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa, with the Mohokare River forming the national boundary. It has a population of 55,541.

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Place details

Locality
Ha Maputsoe
Region
Leribe District
Country
Lesotho
Population
61,916
Timezone
Africa/Maseru

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Maputsoe, Leribe
Settlement.image_skyline
Maputsoe market, 2011.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
Open air market in central Maputsoe.
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LS-Maputsoe.png
Settlement.mapsize
250px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Maputsoe in Lesotho.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
border city
Country
Lesotho
Located in
Leribe District
Population
32117
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Maputsoe market, 2011.jpg
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Commons category
Maputsoe
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Maputsoe is a town and constituency located in the northern district of Leribe in Lesotho; it shares a border-post with Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa, with the Mohokare River forming the national boundary. It has a population of 55,541.

The Irish NGO 'Action Lesotho', which works in Maputsoe, was set up by politician Mannete Ramali, whilst she was Ambassador to Ireland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maputsoe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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