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CHINA DONATES TO LESOTHO
The People’s Republic of China donated food commodities to the government of Lesotho at the event held in Maseru on Thursday. Speaking at the
PROGRESS MADE ON BLEACHED SA CURRENCY-DR MATLANYANE
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Dr Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane says progress has been made on cleansing up the bleached South African currency in the
SERBIA, SINGAPORE AMBASSADORS PAYS COURTESY TO PM
The Ambassadors of Serbia and Singapore to Lesotho, Mr. Goran Vujicic and Mr. Zainal Arif Mantaha paid a courtesy call to the Prime Minister, Mr.
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Lesotho is largely covered in grasses, although trees also appear on the landscape. Indigenous trees include Cape willows, cheche bush (used for fuel), and wild olives. Other willows and white poplars have been introduced into the country.
Not Called The Mountain Kingdom for Nothing
Lesotho, a high-altitude, landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges including the 3,482m-high peak of Thabana Ntlenyana. On the Thaba Bosiu plateau, near Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, are ruins dating from the 19th-century reign of King Moshoeshoe I. Thaba Bosiu overlooks iconic Mount Qiloane, an enduring symbol of the nation’s Basotho people.
2, 070, 000
Population
30, 355
km2, square
1966
Year of Foundation
496 800
Unemployed
11,424 ft
Highest Point
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