Capital: Maseru
Location: Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
Government: Kingdom of Lesotho
Currency: maloti (LSL)
Area: 30,355 sq km
Population: 2,177,740 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Sesotho (official) (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
Religion: Protestant 47.8% (Pentecostal 23.1%, Lesotho Evangelical 17.3%, Anglican 7.4%), Roman Catholic 39.3%, other Christian 9.1%, non-Christian 1.4%, none 2.3% (2014 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+2
Tel Code: +266
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