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 Entity
 Lesotho 
 Main prefix
 7P 
 Callsigns series
 7PA-7PZ 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 ITU zone
 57 
 CQ zone
 38 
 
          Lesotho          
 
 Lesotho 
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          Lesotho          
 
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          Lesotho          
 
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 Flag description 
Divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper half is white, bearing the brown silhouette of a large shield with crossed spear and club; the lower half is a diagonal blue band with a green triangle in the corner.
 
          Lesotho          
 
 Lesotho 
 Capital: 
Maseru
 Administrative
 divisions: 
10 districts: Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohales Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, and Thaba-Tseka.
 Population: 
2,207,954 (July 2002 est.)
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
 Languages: 
Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
29° 30' S, 28° 30' E
 Area total: 
30,355 sq. km
 Land area: 
30,355 sq. km
 Water area: 
0 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
909 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
South Africa 909 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m - Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.ls
 Currency: 
loti (LSL), South African rand (ZAR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Kingdom of Lesotho
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Lesotho
 Former name: 
Basutoland
 Independence: 
4 October 1966 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
2 April 1993
 Government
 type: 
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 4 October (1966)
 
          Lesotho          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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