Lesotho

E15906

constitutional monarchy country in Southern Africa landlocked country sovereign state

Lesotho is a small, landlocked constitutional monarchy in Southern Africa, entirely surrounded by South Africa and known for its mountainous terrain and high-altitude settlements.

Aliases (2)

Basutoland ×4
Kingdom of Lesotho ×3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional monarchy → country in Southern Africa → landlocked country → sovereign state →
borderCountry	South Africa →
callingCode	+266 →
capital	Maseru →
climate	temperate highland climate →
continent	Africa →
conventionalLongName	Kingdom of Lesotho →
currency	Lesotho loti → South African rand →
currencyCode	LSL → ZAR →
demonym	Basotho → Mosotho →
drainageBasinOf	Orange River →
drivesOn	left →
drivingSide	left →
elevationCharacteristic	entirely above 1000 metres →
formerName	Basutoland →
governmentType	unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister →
headOfStateTitle	King →
highestPoint	Thabana Ntlenyana →
highestPointElevation_m	3482 →
independenceDate	1966-10-04 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
internetTLD	.ls →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	LS →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	LSO →
landlocked	true →
largestCity	Maseru →
memberOf	African Union → Commonwealth of Nations → Southern African Development Community → United Nations →
nationalSport	football → rugby union →
nickname	Kingdom in the Sky →
officialLanguage	English → Sesotho →
region	Southern Africa →
religionMajority	Christianity →
shortName	Lesotho →
surroundedBy	South Africa →
timeZone	South African Standard Time →
UNMemberState	true →
usesLegalSystem	mixed legal system of Roman-Dutch law and customary law →
UTCOffset	+2 →

Referenced by (58)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kalahari Basin → LSL → Lesotho loti → Maseru → Thabana Ntlenyana →	country
Sesotho → Southern Bantu → Swati →	spokenIn
Atlantic–Congo languages → Bantu languages →	areSpokenIn
Free State → Orange Free State ("Basutoland") →	borderedBy
Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) →	hasMember
Lesotho loti → Lesotho loti →	legalTenderIn
Common Monetary Area → Southern African Development Community →	memberState
Lesotho loti → Lesotho loti →	officialCurrencyOf
Anglican Church of Southern Africa → Synod of Bishops (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) →	regionServed
LSO ("Kingdom of Lesotho") → LSO →	represents
Central European Summer Time → South African rand →	usedIn
Zulu →	alsoSpokenIn
Roman-Dutch law →	appliedIn
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
High Commissioner for Southern Africa ("Basutoland") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Mosotho ("Kingdom of Lesotho") →	associatedWith
Orange River →	basinCountry
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park →	border
Eastern Cape →	borders
KwaZulu-Natal →	bordersCountry
Mosotho →	citizenship
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Lesotho ("Kingdom of Lesotho") →	conventionalLongName
Mosotho →	countryOfOrigin
ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa →	countryServed
South Africa →	enclosesCountry
Lesotho ("Basutoland") →	formerName
Cape Province ("Basutoland") →	hasBorderWith
Southern Africa →	hasCountry
Commonwealth of Nations →	hasMemberState
Sesotho →	hasOfficialStatusIn
Thabana Ntlenyana →	highestPointOf
Maseru →	isCapitalOf
Maseru →	isLargestCityOf
Sesotho →	isNationalLanguageOf
Thabana Ntlenyana →	locatedIn
Mosotho →	nationalityAdjectiveOf
Partners In Health →	operatesIn
Orange River →	passesThrough
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Lesotho →	shortName
Orange River →	sourceLocation
Sesotho →	standardizedIn