Southern Africa
Lesotho
Kingdom of Lesotho
Core facts
- Capital
- Maseru
- Population
- 2,116,427
- Area
- 30,355 km^2
- Country code
- LSO
- Flag emoji
- 🇱🇸
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 69.7 per km^2
- Calling code
- +266
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Sotho
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Lesotho
- Demonyms (EN)
- Mosotho / Mosotho
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Alternative spellings
- LS, Kingdom of Lesotho, Muso oa Lesotho
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- -29.50, 28.50
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Borders
- ZAF
- Border countries count
- 1
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Lesotho loti (L), South African rand (R)
- Top-level domain
- .ls
- FIFA code
- LES
- Capital coordinates
- -29.32, 27.48
- Postal code format
- ###
- Gini index
- 44.9 (2017)
- Coat of arms
