Lesotho

Zhingoora Books

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300292661
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Lesotho

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Lesotho (Africa)

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Introduction ::Lesotho

Background:

Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon

independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party

ruled for the first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in

1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995.

Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years

of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny

following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody

intervention by South African and Botswana military forces under

the aegis of the Southern African Development Community.

Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political

stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but

the National Assembly elections of February 2007 were hotly

contested and aggrieved parties continue to dispute how the

electoral law was applied to award proportional seats in the Assembly.

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Geography ::Lesotho

Location: Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa

Geographic coordinates: 29 30 S, 28 30 E

Map references: Africa

Area:

Total: 30,355 sq km

Country comparison to the world: 141

Land: 30,355 sq km

Water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative: Slightly smaller than Maryland

Land boundaries:

Total: 909 km

Border countries: South Africa 909 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: None (landlocked)

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Climate: Temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Terrain: Mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point: Junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m

Highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m

Natural resources: Water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds,

sand, clay, building stone

Land use:

Arable land: 10.87%

Permanent crops: 0.13%

Other: 89% (2005)

Irrigated land: 30 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources: 5.2 cu km (1987)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

Total: 0.05 cu km/yr (40%/40%/20%) 6

Per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards: Periodic droughts

Environment - current issues: Population pressure forcing

settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil

erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water

Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa

Environment - international agreements:

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,

Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements

Geography - note: Landlocked, completely surrounded by South

Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m

above sea level

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People ::Lesotho

Population: 1,919,552

Country comparison to the world: 146

Note: 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, higher death rates, lower

population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of

population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 34.8% (male 373,159/female 368,271)

15-64 years: 60.2% (male 629,346/female 654,054)

65 years and over: 5% (male 42,074/female 63,915) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total: 22.6 years

Male: 22.6 years

Female: 22.7 years (2010 est.)

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Population growth rate: 0.277% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 172

Birth rate: 27.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 50

Death rate: 15.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 8

Net migration rate: -8.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 211

Urbanization:

Urban population: 25% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: 3.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

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65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

Total: 56.42 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world: 40

Male: 60.78 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 51.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

Total population: 50.67 years

Country comparison to the world: 212

Male: 50.58 years

Female: 50.76 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 68

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 23.2% (2007 est.)

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