{"id":369043,"date":"2026-08-06T16:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369043"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:33:22","slug":"key-facts-about-lesotho-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-lesotho-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Lesotho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India and Lesotho reviewed the full spectrum of their bilateral relationship during the sixth meeting of the India-Lesotho Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation (JBCC) held in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">Key Facts about Lesotho<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_343410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343410\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_343410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343410\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-343410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Geologydotcom.jpg?resize=390%2C387&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Geologydotcom.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Geologydotcom.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Geologydotcom.jpg?w=705&amp;ssl=1 705w\" alt=\"Key Facts about Lesotho\" width=\"390\" height=\"387\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-343410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source \u2013 Geologydotcom<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0It is a\u00a0<strong>landlocked<\/strong>\u00a0country located in southern Africa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Largest enclave:<\/strong>\u00a0It is\u00a0<strong>entirely surrounded by South Africa<\/strong>, making it the largest of only three sovereign enclaves in the world, the others being San Marino and Vatican City.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong>\u00a0It has\u00a0<strong>temperate climate<\/strong>\u00a0with cold, dry winters and hot, wet summers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terrain:<\/strong>\u00a0It is mostly\u00a0<strong>highland\u00a0<\/strong>with plateaus, hills, and mountains with over 80% of its\u00a0<strong>land above 1,800 m<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mountain range:<\/strong>\u00a0It is situated in the\u00a0<strong>Maloti Mountains<\/strong>, gaining the nickname \u2018<strong>The Mountain Kingdom\u2019<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0<strong>only independent state in the world<\/strong>\u00a0that lies\u00a0<strong>entirely above 1,400 m<\/strong>\u00a0in elevation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peaks:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>Thabana Ntlenyana (<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">3,482 m<\/span>)<\/strong>\u00a0of Maloti Mountains is the highest peak in the country and of the southern Africa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>Orange River<\/strong>, one of the longest rivers in Africa, rises in the\u00a0<strong>Lesotho Highlands<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Caledon River<\/strong>\u00a0forms part of the\u00a0<strong>western border with South Africa<\/strong>\u00a0and is an important tributary of the\u00a0<strong>Senqu River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Polity:<\/strong>\u00a0The Government is a\u00a0<strong>parliamentary constitutional monarchy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital:<\/strong>\u00a0Its capital is\u00a0<strong>Maseru<\/strong>, which is also the largest city of Lesotho.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India and Lesotho reviewed the full spectrum of their bilateral relationship during the sixth meeting of the India-Lesotho Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation (JBCC) held in New Delhi. Key Facts about Lesotho Location:\u00a0It is a\u00a0landlocked\u00a0country located in southern Africa. Largest enclave:\u00a0It is\u00a0entirely surrounded by South Africa, making it the largest of only three sovereign&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-lesotho-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key Facts about Lesotho<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,164,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-369043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}