Lesotho

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Lesotho is a small, landlocked constitutional monarchy in Southern Africa, entirely surrounded by South Africa and known for its mountainous terrain and high-altitude settlements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lesotho canonical 142
Kingdom of Lesotho 13
Basutoland 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarchy
country in Southern Africa
landlocked country
sovereign state
borderCountry South Africa
callingCode +266
capital Maseru
climate temperate highland climate
continent Africa
conventionalLongName Kingdom of Lesotho
linked to: Lesotho
currency Lesotho loti
South African rand
currencyCode LSL
ZAR
demonym Basotho
linked to: Mosotho

Mosotho
drainageBasinOf Orange River
drivesOn left
drivingSide left
elevationCharacteristic entirely above 1000 metres
formerName Basutoland
linked to: Lesotho
governmentType unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle King
highestPoint Thabana Ntlenyana
highestPointElevation_m 3482
independenceDate 1966-10-04
independenceFrom United Kingdom
internetTLD .ls
ISO3166-1Alpha2 LS
ISO3166-1Alpha3 LSO
landlocked true
largestCity Maseru
memberOf African Union
Commonwealth of Nations
Southern African Development Community
United Nations
nationalSport football
rugby union
nickname Kingdom in the Sky
officialLanguage English
Sesotho
region Southern Africa
religionMajority Christianity
shortName Lesotho
surroundedBy South Africa
timeZone South African Standard Time
linked to: Central Africa Time
UNMemberState true
usesLegalSystem mixed legal system of Roman-Dutch law and customary law
UTCOffset +2

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Referenced by (164)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman-Dutch law appliedIn Lesotho
South Africa enclosesCountry Lesotho
South African rand usedIn Lesotho
Free State borderedBy Lesotho
Zulu alsoSpokenIn Lesotho
Lesotho conventionalLongName Kingdom of Lesotho
linked to: Lesotho
Lesotho shortName Lesotho
Lesotho formerName Basutoland
linked to: Lesotho
Eastern Cape borders Lesotho
Sub-Saharan Africa contains Lesotho
Haredi Jews populationCenter Lesotho
Southern Africa hasCountry Lesotho
Sesotho hasOfficialStatusIn Lesotho
Sesotho isNationalLanguageOf Lesotho
Sesotho spokenIn Lesotho
Sesotho standardizedIn Lesotho
Bantu languages areSpokenIn Lesotho
Southern Bantu spokenIn Lesotho
KwaZulu-Natal bordersCountry Lesotho
Orange Free State borderedBy Basutoland
linked to: Lesotho
High Commissioner for Southern Africa appliesToJurisdiction Basutoland
linked to: Lesotho
Orange River sourceLocation Lesotho
Orange River basinCountry Lesotho
Orange River passesThrough Lesotho
Swati spokenIn Lesotho
Cape Province hasBorderWith Basutoland
linked to: Lesotho
Synod of Bishops (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) regionServed Lesotho
subject linked to: Synod of Bishops
Kalahari Basin country Lesotho
Maseru country Lesotho
Maseru isCapitalOf Lesotho
Maseru isLargestCityOf Lesotho
Lesotho loti country Lesotho
Lesotho loti legalTenderIn Lesotho
Lesotho loti officialCurrencyOf Lesotho
subject linked to: LSL
LSL country Lesotho
Lesotho loti legalTenderIn Lesotho
subject linked to: LSL
LSO represents Kingdom of Lesotho
linked to: Lesotho