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World Gazetteer Results for Thaba-Tseka:
NameThaba-Tseka
Geographical TypeLocality
Population5423
Latitude
Longitude
CountryLesotho
Administrative DivisionThaba-Tseka
Dictionary Results for Lesotho:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Lesotho
    n 1: a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa;
         achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 [syn:
         Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho, Basutoland]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Lesotho

   Introduction Lesotho
   --------------------
                            Background: Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom
                                        of Lesotho upon independence from
                                        the UK in 1966. King MOSHOESHOE was
                                        exiled in 1990. Constitutional
                                        government was restored in 1993
                                        after 23 years of military rule.
  
   Geography Lesotho
   -----------------
                              Location: Southern Africa, an enclave of South
                                        Africa
                Geographic coordinates: 29 30 S, 28 30 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 30,355 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 30,355 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland
                       Land boundaries: total: 909 km
                                        border countries: South Africa 909
                                        km
                             Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
                       Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
                               Climate: temperate; cool to cold, dry
                                        winters; hot, wet summers
                               Terrain: mostly highland with plateaus,
                                        hills, and mountains
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: junction of the Orange
                                        and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
                                        highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana
                                        3,482 m
                     Natural resources: water, agricultural and grazing
                                        land, some diamonds and other
                                        minerals
                              Land use: arable land: 10.71%
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        other: 89.29% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: periodic droughts
          Environment - current issues: population pressure forcing
                                        settlement in marginal areas results
                                        in overgrazing, severe soil erosion,
                                        and soil exhaustion;
                                        desertification; Highlands Water
                                        Project controls, stores, and
                                        redirects water to South Africa
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous
                                        Wastes, Marine Life Conservation,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection
                                        signed, but not ratified: Endangered
                                        Species, Law of the Sea, Marine
                                        Dumping
                      Geography - note: landlocked, completely surrounded by
                                        South Africa; mountainous, more than
                                        80% of the country is 1,800 meters
                                        above sea level
  
   People Lesotho
   --------------
                            Population: 2,207,954
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 39% (male 433,229;
                                        female 427,926)
                                        15-64 years: 56.3% (male 600,476;
                                        female 642,538)
                                        65 years and over: 4.7% (male
                                        43,691; female 60,094) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.33% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 30.72 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 16.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.95 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 82.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 47 years
                                        female: 47.8 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 46.3 years
                  Total fertility rate: 4.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 23.57% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 240,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 16,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho
                                        (plural)
                                        adjective: Basotho
                         Ethnic groups: Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and
                                        other 0.3%,
                             Religions: Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs
                                        20%
                             Languages: Sesotho (southern Sotho), English
                                        (official), Zulu, Xhosa
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 83%
                                        male: 72%
                                        female: 93% (1999 est.)
  
   Government Lesotho
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Kingdom of
                                        Lesotho
                                        conventional short form: Lesotho
                                        former: Basutoland
                       Government type: parliamentary constitutional
                                        monarchy
                               Capital: Maseru
              Administrative divisions: 10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe,
                                        Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohales
                                        Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek,
                                        Quthing, Thaba-Tseka
                          Independence: 4 October 1966 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 4 October (1966)
                          Constitution: 2 April 1993
                          Legal system: based on English common law and
                                        Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of
                                        legislative acts in High Court and
                                        Court of Appeal; has not accepted
                                        compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: King LETSIE III
                                        (since 7 February 1996); note - King
                                        LETSIE III formerly occupied the
                                        throne from November 1990 to
                                        February 1995, while his father was
                                        in exile
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Pakalitha MOSISILI (since 23 May
                                        1998)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet
                                        elections: none; according to the
                                        constitution, the leader of the
                                        majority party in the Assembly
                                        automatically becomes prime
                                        minister; the monarch is hereditary,
                                        but, under the terms of the
                                        constitution which came into effect
                                        after the March 1993 election, the
                                        monarch is a "living symbol of
                                        national unity" with no executive or
                                        legislative powers; under
                                        traditional law the college of
                                        chiefs has the power to determine
                                        who is next in the line of
                                        succession, who shall serve as
                                        regent in the event that the
                                        successor is not of mature age, and
                                        may even depose the monarch
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of the
                                        Senate (33 members - 22 principal
                                        chiefs and 11 other members
                                        appointed by the ruling party) and
                                        the Assembly (120 seats, 80 by
                                        direct popular vote and 40 by
                                        proportional vote; members elected
                                        by popular vote for five-year
                                        terms); note - number of seats in
                                        the Assembly rose from 80 to 120 in
                                        the May 2002 election
                                        elections: last held NA May 2002
                                        (next to be held NA May 2007)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - LCD 54%, BNP 21%, LPC 7%,
                                        other 18%; seats by party - LCD 76,
                                        BNP 21, LPC 5, other 18
                       Judicial branch: High Court (chief justice appointed
                                        by the monarch); Court of Appeal;
                                        Magistrate's Court; customary or
                                        traditional court
         Political parties and leaders: Basotho Congress Party or BCP
                                        [Tseliso MAKHAKHE]; Basotho National
                                        Party or BNP [Maj. Gen. Justine
                                        Metsing LEKHANYA]; Lesotho Congress
                                        for Democracy or LCD [Phebe
                                        MOTEBANO, chairwoman; Pakalitha
                                        MOSISILI, leader] - the governing
                                        party; Lesotho People's Congress or
                                        LPC [Kelebone MAOPE]; United
                                        Democratic Party or UDP [Charles
                                        MOFELI]; Marematlou Freedom Party or
                                        MFP and Setlamo Alliance [Vincent
                                        MALEBO]; Progressive National Party
                                        or PNP [Chief Peete Nkoebe PEETE];
                                        Sefate Democratic Party or SDP
                                        [Bofihla NKUEBE]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77,
                         participation: IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC,
                                        IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO
                                        (subscriber), ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW,
                                        SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
                                        UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
                                        WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
                                        Molelekeng Ernestina RAPOLAKI
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 234-6815
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 797-5533
                                        through 5536
                                        chancery: 2511 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Robert
                                    US: G. LOFTIS
                                        embassy: 254 Kingsway, Maseru West
                                        (Consular Section)
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 333,
                                        Maseru 100, Lesotho
                                        telephone: [266] 312666
                                        FAX: [266] 310116
                      Flag description: divided diagonally from the lower
                                        hoist side corner; the upper half is
                                        white, bearing the brown silhouette
                                        of a large shield with crossed spear
                                        and club; the lower half is a
                                        diagonal blue band with a green
                                        triangle in the corner
  
   Economy Lesotho
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: Small, landlocked, and mountainous,
                                        Lesotho's primary natural resource
                                        is water. Its economy is based on
                                        subsistence agriculture, livestock,
                                        remittances from miners employed in
                                        South Africa, and a rapidly growing
                                        apparel-assembly sector. The number
                                        of mineworkers has declined steadily
                                        over the past several years. A small
                                        manufacturing base depends largely
                                        on farm products that support the
                                        milling, canning, leather, and jute
                                        industries. Agricultural products
                                        are exported primarily to South
                                        Africa. Proceeds from membership in
                                        a common customs union with South
                                        Africa form the majority of
                                        government revenue. Although drought
                                        has decreased agricultural activity
                                        over the past few years, completion
                                        of a major hydropower facility in
                                        January 1998 now permits the sale of
                                        water to South Africa, generating
                                        royalties for Lesotho. The pace of
                                        privatization has increased in
                                        recent years. In December 1999, the
                                        government embarked on a nine-month
                                        IMF staff-monitored program aimed at
                                        structural adjustment and
                                        stabilization of macroeconomic
                                        fundamentals. The government is in
                                        the process of applying for a three-
                                        year successor program with the IMF
                                        under its Poverty Reduction and
                                        Growth Facility. Lesotho has a
                                        marked inequality in income
                                        distribution and serious
                                        unemployment/underemployment
                                        problems that will not yield to
                                        short-run solutions.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $5.3
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.6% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,450
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18%
                                        industry: 38%
                                        services: 44% (2001)
         Population below poverty line: 49.2% (1999 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 0.9%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 43.4% (1986-87)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 56 (1986-87)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.9% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 700,000 economically active
           Labor force - by occupation: 86% of resident population engaged
                                        in subsistence agriculture; roughly
                                        35% of the active male wage earners
                                        work in South Africa
                     Unemployment rate: 45% (2000 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $76 million
                                        expenditures: $80 million, including
                                        capital expenditures of $15 million
                                        (FY99/00 est.)
                            Industries: food, beverages, textiles, apparel
                                        assembly, handicrafts; construction;
                                        tourism
     Industrial production growth rate: 15.5% (1999 est.)
              Electricity - production: 0 kWh; note - electricity supplied
                                        by South Africa (2000)
             Electricity - consumption: 100 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 100 million kWh
                                        note: electricity supplied by South
                                        Africa (2000)
                Agriculture - products: corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum,
                                        barley; livestock
                               Exports: $250 million (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: manufactures 75% (clothing,
                                        footwear, road vehicles), wool and
                                        mohair, food and live animals
                    Exports - partners: South African Customs Union 53.9%,
                                        North America 45.6% (1999)
                               Imports: $720 million (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: food; building materials, vehicles,
                                        machinery, medicines, petroleum
                                        products
                    Imports - partners: South African Customs Union 89.5%,
                                        Asia 7% (1999)
                       Debt - external: $715 million (2001 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $123.7 million (1995)
                              Currency: loti (LSL); South African rand (ZAR)
                         Currency code: LSL; ZAR
                        Exchange rates: maloti per US dollar - 11.58786
                                        (January 2002), 8.60918 (2001),
                                        6.93983 (2000), 6.10948 (1999),
                                        5.52828 (1998), 4.60796 (1997); note
                                        - the Lesotho loti is at par with
                                        the South African rand which is also
                                        legal tender; maloti is the plural
                                        form of loti
                           Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
  
   Communications Lesotho
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 22,200 (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 21,600 (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: rudimentary
                                        system
                                        domestic: consists of a few
                                        landlines, a small microwave radio
                                        relay system, and a minor
                                        radiotelephone communication system
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                        Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
                                Radios: NA (2002)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (2000)
                           Televisions: NA
                 Internet country code: .ls
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 4,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Lesotho
   ----------------------
                               Railways: total: 2.6 km; note - owned by,
                                         operated by, and included in the
                                         statistics of South Africa
                                         narrow gauge: 2.6 km 1.067-m gauge
                                         (1995)
                               Highways: total: 4,955 km
                                         paved: 887 km
                                         unpaved: 4,068 km (1996)
                              Waterways: none
                      Ports and harbors: none
                               Airports: 28 (2001)
          Airports - with paved runways: total: 4
                                         over 3,047 m: 1
                                         914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                         under 914 m: 2 (2001)
        Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 24
                                         914 to 1,523 m: 4
                                         under 914 m: 20 (2001)
  
   Military Lesotho
   ----------------
                     Military branches: Lesotho Defense Force (LDF;
                                        including Army and Air Wing), Royal
                                        Lesotho Mounted Police
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 526,332 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 283,203 (2002 est.)
                               service:
         Military expenditures - dollar $34 million (1999)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of NA%
                                   GDP:
                       Military - note: The Lesotho Government in 1999 began
                                        an open debate on the future
                                        structure, size, and role of the
                                        armed forces, especially considering
                                        the Lesotho Defense Force's (LDF)
                                        history of intervening in political
                                        affairs.
  
   Transnational Issues Lesotho
   ----------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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