Lesotho - Introduction

Here, we have some interesting facts about Lesotho. Lesotho (officially: Kingdom of Lesotho) is a country in Africa, precisely in Southern Africa, with a population of about 2.4 Millions inhabitants today (2024-11-01). The capital city of Kingdom of Lesotho is Maseru, and the official country TLD code is .ls. Lesotho has cca2, cca3, cioc, ccn3 codes as LS, LSO, LES, 426 respectively. Check some other vital information below.

Lesotho , Coat of Arms
Names
Common Lesotho
Official Kingdom of Lesotho
Common (Native) Lesotho
Official (Native) Kingdom of Lesotho
Alternative spellings LS, Kingdom of Lesotho, Muso oa Lesotho
Translations ⬇️
Languages
eng English
sot Sotho
Geography
User Country Flag

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Lesotho is located in Southern Africa and has a total land area of 30355 km². It is bounded by South Africa and the capital city is Maseru

Region/Continent Africa
Subregion Southern Africa
TimeZone UTC+02:00
Capital city Maseru
Area 30355 km²
Population 2024-11-01 2.4 Millions
Bordered Countreies South Africa
Demonym
eng Male: Mosotho / Female: Mosotho
fra Male: Lésothien / Female: Lésothienne
Lat/Lng -29.5, 28.5
Historical data and more
The National Flag of Lesotho

The flag of Lesotho is composed of three horizontal bands of blue, white and green in the ratio of 3:4:3. A black mokorotlo — a Basotho hat — is centered in the white band.

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Currency
Name South African rand
Code ZAR
Symbol R
Other info
Idependent yes, officially-assigned
UN Member country yes
Start of Week monday
Car Side left
Codes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 LS
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 LSO
ISO 3166-1 numeric 426
International calling code +266
FIFA 3 Letter Code LES
All Important Facts about Lesotho

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Lesotho is found in Southern Africa