Lesotho

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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
South Africa enclosesCountry Lesotho
South African rand usedIn Lesotho
Free State borderedBy Lesotho
Zulu alsoSpokenIn 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
Bantu languages areSpokenIn Lesotho
Southern Bantu spokenIn Lesotho
KwaZulu-Natal bordersCountry Lesotho
Orange Free State borderedBy Lesotho
this entity surface form: Basutoland
High Commissioner for Southern Africa appliesToJurisdiction Lesotho
this entity surface form: Basutoland
Orange River sourceLocation Lesotho
Orange River basinCountry Lesotho
Orange River passesThrough Lesotho
Swati spokenIn Lesotho
Cape Province hasBorderWith Lesotho
this entity surface form: Basutoland
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 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