| Name: |
Kingdom of Lesotho |
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| Flag: |
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| Capital: |
Maseru |
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| Region: |
Africa |
| Subregion: |
Southern Africa |
| Area: |
30355 |
| Population size: (2025-06-19 21:38) |
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| Postal code format: |
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| Postal code regex: |
^(d{3})$ |
| Auto code: |
LS |
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| CallingCode: |
+266 |
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| International organizations: |
| WTO |
world Trade organisation |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| ACP-EU |
Countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific |
| SACU |
South African Customs Union |
| AFTA |
African Free Trade Area |
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 A country, state, region... (159) |
| First-order administrative division (ADM1)
(A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States) | 10 | | Independent political entity (PCLI)
| 1 | | Third-order administrative division (ADM3)
(A subdivision of a second-order administrative division) | 134 | | Second-order administrative division (ADM2)
(A subdivision of a first-order administrative division) | 14 | |
 Stream, lake... (149) |
| Stream (STM)
(A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land) | 144 | | Lake (LK)
(A large inland body of standing water) | 1 | | Waterfall(s) (FLLS)
(A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream) | 2 | | Reservoir(s) (RSV)
(An artificial pond or lake) | 1 | | Section of stream (STMX)
| 1 | |
 Parks, area ... (4) |
| Park (PRK)
(An area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation) | 1 | | Area (AREA)
(A tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries) | 1 | | Forest reserve (RESF)
(A forested area set aside for preservation or controlled use) | 1 | | Tribal area (TRB)
(A tract of land used by nomadic or other tribes) | 1 | |
 City, village... (400) |
| Populated place (PPL)
(A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work) | 381 | | Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)
(Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)) | 8 | | Capital of a political entity (PPLC)
| 1 | | Seat of a second-order administrative division (PPLA2)
| 1 | | Populated locality (PPLL)
(An area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings) | 1 | | Section of populated place (PPLX)
| 7 | | Farm village (PPLF)
(A populated place where the population is largely engaged in agricultural activities) | 1 | |
 Spot, building, farm (416) |
| Mission (MSSN)
(A place characterized by dwellings, school, church, hospital and other facilities operated by a religious group for the purpose of providing charitable services and to propagate religion) | 376 | | Cave(s) (CAVE)
(An underground passageway or chamber, or cavity on the side of a cliff) | 2 | | Railroad station (RSTN)
(A facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight) | 1 | | Mine(s) (MN)
(A site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages) | 2 | | Bridge (BDG)
(A structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across) | 2 | | Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 18 | | Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 2 | | School (SCH)
(Building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place) | 3 | | University (UNIV)
(An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.) | 3 | | Tower (TOWR)
(A high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter) | 3 | | Dam (DAM)
(A barrier constructed across a stream to impound water) | 1 | | Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 3 | |
 Mountain, hill, rock... (309) |
| Mountain (MT)
(An elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more) | 221 | | Pass (PASS)
(A break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap]) | 44 | | Upland (UPLD)
(An extensive interior region of high land with low to moderate surface relief) | 16 | | Ford (FORD)
(A shallow part of a stream which can be crossed on foot or by land vehicle) | 8 | | Mountains (MTS)
(A mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges) | 7 | | Saddle (SDL)
(A broad, open pass crossing a ridge or between hills or mountains) | 1 | | Peak (PK)
(A pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature) | 9 | | Hill (HLL)
(A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 3 | |
