Lesotho
Lesotho (officially Kingdom of Lesotho) is a country in Southern Africa, with its capital at Maseru, and is home to roughly 2.3M people.
Its official languages are English, Sotho; the currency in circulation is Lesotho loti (L) and South African rand (R); people from here are called Mosotho.
- »Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa, one of only three such countries.
- »It is the only country whose entire territory lies above 1,000 m.
South Africa surrounds Lesotho completely, so there is no direction to give: the border closes back on itself.
Maseru sits right on the border with South Africa, on the Caledon river, and was founded as a British police camp in 1869.
30,003 km² (11,584 sq mi), 139th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Armenia.
Population 2,337,423, 145th of 198 on file. That averages 78 per km² (202 per sq mi).
A black mokorotlo, the traditional Basotho straw hat, on white. Adopted in 2006 for the country's 40th anniversary, it replaced a militaristic design with a peaceful one.