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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lesotho canonical 142
Kingdom of Lesotho 13
Basutoland 9

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 Lesotho self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Lesotho
currency Lesotho loti ⓘ
South African rand ⓘ
currencyCode LSL ⓘ
ZAR ⓘ
demonym Mosotho ⓘ
surface form: Basotho

Mosotho ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Orange River ⓘ
drivesOn left ⓘ
drivingSide left ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic entirely above 1000 metres ⓘ
formerName Lesotho self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 countries ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
surroundedBy South Africa ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
UNMemberState true ⓘ
usesLegalSystem mixed legal system of Roman-Dutch law and customary law ⓘ
UTCOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (164)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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