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Lesotho

ليسوتو

AfricaSouthern Africa

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Key facts

Official name
Kingdom of Lesotho
Name in Arabic
ليسوتو
Capital
Maseru
Region
Africa
Subregion
Southern Africa
Official languages
English, Sotho
Currency
Lesotho Loti · L · LSL
Area
30,355 km²
Coastline
None (landlocked)

Neighbours

About Lesotho

Lesotho is a country in Southern Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Kingdom of Lesotho. In Arabic, the name is written ليسوتو, and the capital ماسيرو. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Lesotho is Maseru. Maseru lies at about 29° south and 27° east. Lesotho has 2 official languages: English and Sotho. Its currency is the Lesotho Loti, with the symbol ⁨L⁩ and the international code LSL.

Lesotho covers about 30,355 square kilometres, which puts it 137th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has one neighbour: South Africa. Other countries in Southern Africa include Namibia, Botswana, and Eswatini. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Lesotho with the other countries of the same region.

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