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= = = Lesotho - South Africa  = Offical name: kingdom of Lesotho



__ Geography: __ Area: 30,355 sq. km.(11,718 sq mi) About the size of Maryland Captial: Maseru Terrain: High vela, plateau, and mountains Climate: hot summers,winters are cold, humity low, evenings cold all year around, rainy summers, winters are dry __ People: __ Nationality:Mothoso& Basotho Population est 2009. : 1.88 billion Ethnic groups: basthos 99.7% Europeans, Asians, and xhosa 3% Religions: 90% Christians and Roman Catholic Languages: Sesotho and English School: 84.8% Lesotho has free primary education for grades 1-7 Life expectancy : 40- 38 years. Work Force: 704,000

**more than 99% of Lesotho’s population is ethically Basotho or other groups including Europeans,Asians, and Xhosa**

Government::

Type: Constitutional Monarchy

Constitution: April 2, 1993

Independence: October 4, 1966

Branches: Executive-monarch head of state: prime minister-head over government and cabinet: Legislative- bicameral parliament: Judicial- high court, court of appeals, also Magistrate court

__ Economy: __

GDP:1.3 billion

Annual Growth Rate: 1.1%

Natural resources: water,agriculture and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals

Agriculture: 4.7% of GPP

Trade : exports $1.06

Economic and Received : 306$.

Everyone relys on Subsistence farming

History:

Gained its independence from Britain on October 4th, 1966.

HIV& Aids:

Lesothos is about 23.2%

Highest rate in the world

Within the next 15 years is expected to rise 36%

Life expectancy:

Women: 56

Men: 48

LESOTHO IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD !

Picture Of Lesothos Flag.-->

Adopted on October 4th, 1966.

The blue stood for sky& rain.

The white stood for Peace. The green stood for Land. Picture from: []

Timeline : ** 1824 **** Lesotho **** in was founded by the Basotho chieftain Moshoeshoe on a natural rock fortress called Mountain of the Night. ** ** 1835-1868 **** Lesotho **** acted as a buffer between the Afrikaner’s and British colonial interests and supplied seasonal farm workers to both. ** ** 1943 **** May 1st, bombed by German. Lost 4 members. Also, the ship was tourched and sank also in another place called Tunisian Coast. 618 Basutos lost their lives. **

__1963__ Moshoeshoe 2 was crowned king

__1980__ Lesotho gained independence.

__1980__ April 1st the southern Africa development coordination conference was established by 9 countries including Lesotho.

__1985__ In south Africa 2 ANC activist and 8 others were killed in a raid of Lesotho.

__1986__ A project began in Lesotho to give fresh water from the mountains for electricity in South Africa. Which was sponsored by the World bank.

__1990__ King moshoeshoe 2 had to exile his throne. His son Letsie took over the throne.

__1995__ Letsie handed throne back to father.

__1996__ King Moshoeshoe was killed in a automobile accident.

__ 1997 __

October 31st Lesie 3 was crowned king of Lesotho.

__ 1999 __

Dec. 13th a American entertainer was stabbed to death out side his home due to confronting burglars out side his home in Maseru, 2 men were arrested.

__ 2003 __

Sept. 13th queen mother of tiny mountain king of Lesotho died after falling over in a church out side the capital.

__ 2004 __

widespread drought was spread all across Africa.

__ 2005 __

Africa began to expand rapidly.

__ 2006 __

Began to make a plan to fight AIDS.

__ 2007 __

1 of 4 adults had AIDS in Lesotho & population was about 1.8 million

__ 2008 __

in Lesotho found one of the worlds largest diamonds.

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