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The city of Maseru is located on Lesotho's western border with the Free State Province of South Africa, the frontier being the Caledon River (Sesotho: Mohokare). Maseru borders on the following districts, namely, Berea District in north, Thaba-Tseka District in the east, Mohale's Hoek District in south, and Mafeteng District in southwest. The ...
Most of the districts are named after their capitals. Hlotse, the capital of Leribe District is also known as Leribe. Paballo L. Mokoena was born in this town. Conversely, the Berea District is sometimes called Teyateyaneng, based on its capital. [1] Map of Lesotho with the districts highlighted
Cities in Lesotho Rank City Population District Census 1986 Census 1996 Census 2016 1. Maseru: 98,017: 137,837: 330,760: Maseru: 2. Teyateyaneng: 24,336: 48,869: 75,115
1.5 Maseru District. 1.6 Mohale's Hoek District. ... The Kingdom of Lesotho is divided into 10 districts which are in turn divided into 80 constituencies. [1] [2]
Maseru was founded by the British as a small police camp in 1869, following the conclusion of the Free State–Basotho Wars when Basutoland became a British protectorate. [3] [4] [5] Maseru is located at the edge of the "conquered territories" relinquished to the Orange Free State (now the Free State province of South Africa) as part of the peace terms.
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2.5 Maseru District. 2.6 Mohale's Hoek District. 2.7 Mokhotlong District. 2.8 Qacha's Nek District. ... The districts of Lesotho are further divided into ...
ISO 3166-2:LS is the entry for Lesotho in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Lesotho, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 ...