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Lesotho
Lesotho , officially Kingdom of Lesotho, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 1,867,000), 11,720 sq mi (30,355 sq km), S Africa. It is an enclave within the Republic of South Africa. Maseru is the capital and largest city. Land and People The Drakensberg range occupies the eastern part of the country... Read more
Drakensberg Range
Drakensberg Range , South Africa and Lesotho, extending 700 mi (1,127 km) NE-SW in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Free State, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga. The Zulu name of the range is Ukhahlamba [barrier of spears]. Thabana-Ntlenyana (11,425 ft/3,482 m), in Lesotho, is the highest point in the range and in S ... Read more
Joseph Leabua Jonathan
Joseph Leabua Jonathan , 1914-87, prime minister of Lesotho (1965-86). He founded (1959) and led the Basutoland National party working for separate independence from Great Britain (rather than, as had originally been planned, becoming part of the Union of South Africa). He became prime minister (196... Read more
Orange River
Orange River chief river of S Africa, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the Maluti Mts., N Lesotho. It flows SW through Lesotho, then meanders northwest and west through central South Africa, forming the SW boundary of Free State and part of the South Africa-Namibia line before entering the Atl... Read more
Moshoeshoe
Moshoeshoe or Moshweshwe , c.1786-1870, Sotho king. A remarkable leader, he was a superior military tactician and was able to unite several small groups into the Sotho nation. By the mid-1820s he ruled approximately 25,000 citizens. He permitted Christian missions and sought British aid against ... Read more
Transkei
Transkei , former black "homeland" and nominal republic, E South Africa. Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south, by the Indian Ocean on the east, by Natal on the north, and by Lesotho on the northwest. The capital and main city was Umtata. Part of the Drakensberg Range was... Read more
Bantu languages
Bantu languages group of African languages forming a subdivision of the Benue-Niger division of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian language family (see African languages ). Bantu contains hundreds of languages that are spoken by 120 million Africans in the Congo Basin, Angola, the Rep... Read more
Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated states (states with full internal government but whose external relations are governed by Britain). At it... Read more
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal , province (1995 est. pop. 8,713,000), 33,578 sq mi (86,967 sq km), E South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. Formerly Natal province, in the constitution of 1994 it was renamed KwaZulu-Natal. Land and People The province has two capitals, Pietermaritzburg and Ulundi ; the larg... Read more
South Africa
South Africa Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Namibia in the northwest, on Botswana and Zimbabwe in the north, on Mozambique and Swaziland i... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Lesotho"

Lesotho
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography Lesotho Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho Area: 30,355 square kilometers (11,720 square miles) Highest...Coastline: None Territorial sea limits: None 1 LOCATION AND SIZE Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in Africa, and one of only...
LESOTHO
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language LESOTHO. A country of southern Africa and member of the COMMONWEALTH . Languages: Sesotho and English (both...protectorate of Basutoland . The territory gained internal self-government in 1955 and independence as Lesotho in 1966.
Lesotho, kingdom of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Lesotho, kingdom of. Former British crown colony of Basutoland. Threatened by the Boers of the Orange Free State , Mshweshwe, the ruler...
Chief Joseph Leabua Jonathan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the first prime minister of independent Lesotho. For 20 years beginning in 1966, until...Moshesh, founder of Basutoland (now Lesotho). A Protestant, Jonathan was educated...and then for the independent Kingdom of Lesotho (Oct. 4, 1966). In the January 1970...
Sotho
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement ...international borders, living in South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana. Apart from language...desert in the west, to the mountains of Lesotho in the south, to the humid escarpment...usually with snow in the southern parts (Lesotho). Demography. Demography is easiest...
Maseru
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Maseru Capital of Lesotho, on the River Caledon, near the w border with South Africa. Originally...1884–1966). It remained the capital when the Kingdom of Lesotho achieved independence in 1966. It is a commercial, transport and...
Joseph Booth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Joseph Booth Joseph Booth (1851-1932) was an English independent missionary in Malawi, Lesotho, and South Africa. Because of his radical religious views and egalitarian political outlook, his name became linked to a 1915...
Benedicto Kagima Mugumba Kiwanuka
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...as a clerk and interpreter. Wanting to study law, he prepared by attending Pius XII University College in Basutoland (now Lesotho) from 1950 to 1952, before proceeding to Britain to attend University College, London (1952-1956). He was admitted...
Basutoland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Basutoland see Lesotho .
Transkei
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south, by the Indian Ocean on the east, by Natal on the north, and by Lesotho on the northwest. The capital and main city was Umtata. Part of the Drakensberg Range was in W Transkei. Much of the former...

Dictionary entries related to "Lesotho"

Lesotho
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Lesotho A small landlocked country entirely surrounded...the Republic of South Africa. Physical Lesotho lies in the central and highest part of...Economy South Africa dominates the economy of Lesotho, being the principal trading partner...
Lesotho, kingdom of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Lesotho, kingdom of Former British crown colony of Basutoland. Threatened by the Boers of the Orange Free State , Mshweshwe, the ruler...
Botswana
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...The success of the cattle industry led the Union of South Africa to seek to incorporate Botswana, along with Basutoland (Lesotho) and Swaziland, but this was rejected by the British government in 1935; no transfer would be tolerated until the inhabitants...
Southern African Development Community
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...barriers earlier than the other member states. In 2002, its membership consisted of fourteen countries, including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Seychelles, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zambia...
Moshoeshoe II
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Moshoeshoe II (b. 2 May 1938, d. 15 Jan. 1996). King of Lesotho 1966–90, 1995–6 Born as Constantine Bereng Seeiso, he was educated in England and returned in 1960 to...
lisente
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management lisente A monetary unit of Lesotho, worth one hundredth of a loti .
loti
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management loti (plural maloti; MI) The standard monetary unit of Lesotho, divided into 100 lisente.
South Africa
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Mozambique. Southward, the Orange Free State region partly surrounds Lesotho, which forms an enclave. In the east are boundaries with Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho. From Cape Agulhas in the extreme south to the Limpopo River in the extreme...
Tutu, Right Revd Desmond Mpilo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...became a lecturer in the seminaries in the Cape and then in Lesotho. He left for Britain again to become Associate Director of...Anglicans in South Africa that he was removed, becoming Bishop of Lesotho (1976). As secretary-general to the South African Council...
decolonization
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...East Indies) 1602 1949 The Netherlands Jamaica 1655 1962 UK Kenya 1895 1963 UK Laos (French Indochina ) 1893 1954 France Lesotho (Basutoland) 1868 1966 UK Lybia 1912 1951 Italy Macao 1557 1999 Portugal Madagascar 1896 1960 France Malawi (Nyasaland...

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LESOTHO HIGHLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Magazine article from: Institutional Investor International Edition; 4/1/1998; 700+ words ; ...the Muela Dam, the first phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) co-sponsored by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA...provide South Africa with water and make Lesotho self-sufficient in electricity. Adds...
ROUNDUP: LESOTHO COUP DENIED, BUT PROBLEMS DO EXIST
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 9/13/1998; 667 words ; Although both Lesotho and South Africa have denied a military coup in Lesotho, it iw believed that signs of a crisis do exist...Mandela said Saturday that there was no crisis in Lesotho, claiming there was no need to be alarmed by the...
SECRETARY RICE, LESOTHO PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI, AMBASSADOR DANILOVICH SPEAK AT MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE'S COMPACT SIGNING CEREMONY WITH LESOTHO
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/23/2007; 700+ words ; ...ministers and members of the delegation from Lesotho, Under Secretary Jeffery, the State...Hackett of our MCC Board, friends of Lesotho, it is a pleasure to welcome you to the...of the Compact between the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Millennium Challenge Corporation...
Lesotho - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband.
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Malnutrition among rural and urban children in Lesotho: related hazard and survival probabilities.(RESEARCH)
Magazine article from: Health SA Gesondheid; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...of five years in the Maseru District of Lesotho was investigated. Kaplan-Meier survival...affekteer is in die Maseru-distrik in Lesotho nagevors. Kaplan-Meier oorlewingswaarskynlikhede...inkomste. INTRODUCTION The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small Southern African country with...
WORLD BANK: US$45 million for Lesotho Highlands water
M2 Presswire; 6/5/1998; 700+ words ; ...1998-WORLD BANK: US$45 million for Lesotho Highlands water (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...approves "win-win" project to boost Lesotho's economy and supply water to South...million loan to support Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). This...
Analysis: Bribery scandal in Lesotho
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 5/19/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...host: The small African kingdom of Lesotho is taking on big business over the issue...local officials who took the bribes, Lesotho is prosecuting the multinational construction...court sentenced the former head of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Masupha Sole...
S. African Troops Intervene in Lesotho; Forces Try to Quell Rebellion by Political Opposition, Mutinous Soldiers
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/23/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...sent troops today into the kingdom of Lesotho, a tiny independent state surrounded...soldiers were injured in and around Maseru, Lesotho's capital, in gun battles with supporters...political opposition and mutinous soldiers of Lesotho's armed forces. The military intervention...
4 KILLED AS POLICE END LESOTHO BUS HIJACKING.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/15/1988; 700+ words ; ...also had demanded a meeting with Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe II. A South African...He said no police were injured. Lesotho security authorities continued to maintain a news blackout on the clash. Lesotho is completely surrounded by South...
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Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 7/24/2007; 700+ words ; ...PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING ON THE MCC AND LESOTHO JULY 24, 2007 SPEAKERS: FRAN MCNAUGHT...AMBASSADOR JOHN DANILOVICH TIMOTHY THAHANE, LESOTHO MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING PRIME MINISTER OF LESOTHO PAKALITHA MOSISILI SOPHIA MOHAPI, LESOTHO...