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Categories: 1966 disestablishments in the British Empire, History of Lesotho, 20th century in Lesotho, 1966 in Lesotho, Use dmy dates from March 2015
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Lesotho  Kingdom of Lesotho  Basutoland  Administrative divisions of Lesotho  Art of Lesotho
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A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 WordNet 3.0
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A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Wikipedia
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Wikipedia
A country in southern Africa entirely surrounded by South Africa Wikipedia Disambiguation
Sovereign state in southern Africa Wikidata
British Crown Colony Wikidata
A country in Southern Africa, entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Its capital is Maseru. OmegaWiki
A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Wiktionary
Country in Southern Africa. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
African country
colony
state
landlocked country
kingdom
+2 relations
HAS PART
Maseru
PART OF
Africa
Southern Africa
HAS KIND
2002 Lesotho general election
1965 Basutoland general election
1970 Lesotho general election
1993 Lesotho general election
1998 Lesotho general election
+3 relations
ANTHEM
Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona
BASIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Crown Colony
parliamentary monarchy
CAPITAL
Maseru
CENTRAL BANK
Central Bank of Lesotho
COAT OF ARMS
Coat of Arms of Lesotho
CONTAINS ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Berea District
Butha-Buthe District
Thaba-Tseka District
Mokhotlong District
Leribe District
+5 relations
CONTINENT
Africa
COUNTRY
Lesotho
British Empire
CULTURE
culture of Lesotho
CURRENCY
British pound
loti
rand
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
DIPLOMATIC RELATION
United States
India
China
Taiwan
North Korea
+4 relations
ELECTRICAL PLUG TYPE
BS 546
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER
112
114
ENCLAVE WITHIN
South Africa
FLAG
flag of Lesotho
GEOGRAPHY OF TOPIC
Geography of Lesotho
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Moeketsi Majoro
HEAD OF STATE
Letsie III
HIGHEST POINT
Thabana Ntlenyana
HISTORY OF TOPIC
History of Lesotho
LANGUAGE USED
English
Sotho
Xhosa
Zulu
LEGISLATIVE BODY
Parliament of Lesotho
LOCATED IN TIME ZONE
UTC+02:00
Africa/Maseru
LOCATED ON TERRAIN FEATURE
Southern Africa
LOWEST POINT
Orange
MEMBER OF
British Commonwealth
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Development Association
International Finance Corporation
Interpol
+17 relations
NAMED AFTER
Sotho
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
English
Sotho
RELIGION
Christianity
REPLACES
Lesotho
SHARES BORDER WITH
South Africa
TOP-LEVEL INTERNET DOMAIN
.ls
TWINNED ADMINISTRATIVE BODY
Gummersbach
WIKIMEDIA OUTLINE
Outline of Lesotho
MEMBER MERONYM
Basotho
Sotho
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho, Basutoland
Wikipedia
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Basutoland, Lesotho
Wikidata
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Basutoland, Lesotho
GeoNames
EN
Lesotho
Wiktionary
EN
Lesotho
OmegaWiki
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Kingdom of Lesotho, Lesotho
Wikipedia Redirections
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Administrative divisions of Lesotho, Art of Lesotho, Basutuland, culture of Lesotho, drought in Lesotho, Ethnic groups in Lesotho, Health care in Lesotho, ISO 3166-1:LS, Kingdom of Lesotho, Leosotho, Leshoto, Lesotho culture, Lesoto, Lestho, Lethoto, Losotho, Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, Social issues in Lesotho, Territory of Basutoland, the Kingdom of Lesotho
Wikidata Alias
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Kingdom of Lesotho, LES, ls, 🇱🇸

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