Official name: The Kingdom of Lesotho
Information from CIA Factbook, Wikipedia,South Africa History Online and other websites
Lesotho Facts:
- Independence Gained from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966
- Constitution: adopted in 1993, amended in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2001.
- Government: Unitary Parliamentary and a Constitutional Monarchy
- Prime Minister:
Tom Thabane (June 2012 – Present), All Basotho Convention
Pakalitha Mosisili (1998; 2002 – 2012), Lesotho Congress of Democrats
Colonel Elias Tutsoane Ramaema (1991 – 1993)
Major-General Justin Lekhanya (1986 – 1991)
Leabua Jonathan (1966 – 1986), Basotho National Party
- King:
Letsie III (since February 1996 – present)
King Moshoeshoe II (1995 – 1996)
Letsie III (1990 – 1995)
King Moshoeshoe II (1966 – 1990)
- Population: 2.074 million (2013)
- Capital: Maseru
- Geographic Location: Completely landlocked within South Africa
- HDI Rank: 0.486 and 162nd
- Ethnic groups: 99.7% Basotho, 0.3% other Africans, Asians Europeans and other.
- Languages: Sesotho and English
- Religions: 80% are Christian and 20% have indigenous beliefs and are of other religions
- Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
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