General info

Entity:
Lesotho
Capital:
Maseru
Population (2008-07-01):
2,128,180 (CIA)
Area:
30,355 sq.km.
Country code:
ls
Region:
Southern Africa

Lesotho

Administrative units

district capital area (sq.km.) population
1996-04-14
census		 population
2006-04-09
census
source: Lesotho Bureau of Statistics.
note: Population number above for 2006 are preliminary results based on 'de jure' population without insitutionalized population (including the total is 1,880,661). De Jure according to the LBS, is the population residing within the country plus Basotho citizens residing outside Lesotho. De facto Population would be the population residing within the country irrespective of the nationality and citizenship.
Berea Teyateyaneng 2,222 240,754 248,225
Botha-Bothe Botha-Bothe 1,767 109,192 109,139
Leribe Hlotse 2,828 300,160 296,673
Mafeteng Mafeteng 2,119 211,970 192,795
Maseru Maseru 4,279 385,869 436,399
Mohale's Hoek Mohale's Hoek 3,530 184,034 173,706
Mokhotlong Mokhotlong 4,075 85,628 95,332
Qacha's Nek Qacha's Nek 2,349 71,665 71,756
Quthing Quthing 2,916 126,342 119,811
Thaba Tseka Thaba Tseka 4,270 126,353 128,885
total   30,355 1,841,967 1,872,721

Main cities

name population
1986
estimate
Maseru 109,382
Maputsoe 20,000
Teyateyaneng 14,251
Mafeteng 12,667
Hlotse 9,595
source: "Book of the Year 2000", Encyclopedia Britannica.