Lesotho | Capital, Map, Flag, Population, Language, & People

Lesotho Lesotho, country in Southern Africa. A scenic land of tall mountains and narrow valleys, Lesotho owes a long history of political autonomy to the mountains that surround it and protect it from encroachment. Since the Neolithic Periodthe mountain kingdom was the domain of Khoisan-speaking hunter-gatherers. In the 19th century the Sotholed by Moshoeshoe I, took control of the region. He remained independent until he became a British protectorateone of three British High Commission Territories (the others being Bechuanaland [now Botswana] and Swaziland). Read moreLesotho country profile […]
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