ELesotho Imininingwane Eyisisekelo
| Isikhathi sendawo | Isikhathi sakho |
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| Izoni yesikhathi yasendaweni | Umehluko wendawo |
| UTC/GMT +2 ihora |
| ububanzi / ubude |
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| 29°37'13"S / 28°14'50"E |
| ukufaka ikhodi kwe-iso |
| LS / LSO |
| imali |
| Loti (LSL) |
| Ulimi |
| Sesotho (official) (southern Sotho) English (official) Zulu Xhosa |
| ugesi |
 M thayipha ipulaki laseNingizimu Afrika |
| ifulegi lesizwe |
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| inhlokodolobha |
| IMaseru |
| uhlu lwamabhange |
| ELesotho uhlu lwamabhange |
| inani labantu |
| 1,919,552 |
| indawo |
| 30,355 KM2 |
| GDP (USD) |
| 2,457,000,000 |
| ifoni |
| 43,100 |
| Umakhalekhukhwini |
| 1,312,000 |
| Inani labasingathi be-Intanethi |
| 11,030 |
| Inani labasebenzisi be-Intanethi |
| 76,800 |
ELesotho isingeniso
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ILesotho ihlanganisa indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angaphezu kwama-30,000.Izwe elizungezwe umhlaba eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Afrika.Lizungezwe iNingizimu Afrika futhi lisemthambekeni osentshonalanga weNtaba iDrakensberg emphemeni osempumalanga ye-Plateau yaseNingizimu Afrika. Ingxenye esempumalanga iyindawo enezintaba ephakeme ngamamitha ayi-1800-3000, ingxenye esenyakatho yithafa elinokuphakama okungaba ngamamitha ayi-3000, kanti ingxenye esentshonalanga iyindawo enamagquma.Ngasemngceleni osentshonalanga kunethafa elincanyana nelide elicishe libe ngamakhilomitha angama-40 ububanzi. Ama-70% abantu bezwe agxile lapha. Umfula i-Orange kanye noMfula iTugla womabili avela empumalanga. Inesimo sezulu esishisayo sezwekazi. ILesotho, igama eligcwele lombuso waseLesotho, liseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Afrika futhi izwe elizungezwe umhlaba elizungezwe iNingizimu Afrika. Itholakala emthambekeni osentshonalanga yeDrakensberg onqenqemeni olusempumalanga yeNtaba yaseNingizimu Afrika. Impumalanga iyindawo enezintaba ephakeme ngamamitha ayi-1800-3000; inyakatho yithafa elinokuphakama okungaba ngamamitha ayi-3 000; entshonalanga indawo enamagquma; ngasemngceleni osentshonalanga kunethafa elincanyana nelide elicishe libe ngamakhilomitha angama-40 ububanzi, lapho kugxilwe khona abantu abangu-70% bezwe. Umfula i-Orange kanye noMfula iTugla womabili avela empumalanga. Inesimo sezulu esishisayo sezwekazi. ILesotho ekuqaleni yayiyikoloni laseBrithani, elalibizwa ngokuthi iBasutoland. Ngo-1868, yaba “yindawo yokuvikela” yaseBrithani, kwathi kamuva yahlanganiswa neBritish Cape Colony eNingizimu Afrika (ingxenye yeNingizimu Afrika namuhla). Ngo-1884, abaseBrithani bamemezela iBasutoland "njengendawo yokhomishani omkhulu". ILesotho yaba yilungu leCommonwealth of Nations ngo-Okthoba 1966, kwathi uMo Shushu II waba yinkosi. ILesotho yamemezela inkululeko ngo-Okthoba 4, 1966, yasebenzisa umbuso wobukhosi futhi yaphathwa yiKuomintang. Inani labantu abayi-2.2 million (2006), i-General English neSesuto. Izakhamizi ezingaphezu kwama-80% zikholelwa ebuKristwini bamaProthestani nakumaKhatholika, kanti bonke abanye bakholelwa enkolweni yokuqala nase-Islam. |