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1 | ![]() | Hlotse ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1652 Lat/Lng : -28.8734 / 28.0416 | Hlotse (also Leribe) is an important market town in Lesotho. It is situated on the Hlotse River, near the South African border. The town was founded in 1876 by a British missionary, Reverend John Widdicombe. It was a colonial center until Lesotho gained its independence (...) |
2 | Leribe District ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1817 Lat/Lng : -29.0365 / 28.2527 | Leribè is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,828 km² and a population in 2016 of approximately 337,500. Hlotse is the capital or camptown of the district. The district has one additional town, namely Maputsoe. In the west, Leribe borders on the Free State Province of South Africa (...) | |
3 | Leribe ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1645 Lat/Lng : -28.8718 / 28.045 | Leribe may refer to: * Hlotse or Leribe, market town in Lesotho founded in 1876 * Leribe District, a district in Lesotho | |
4 | ![]() | Butha-Buthe District ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 2647 Lat/Lng : -28.8333 / 28.5 | Butha-Buthe is a district of Lesotho. Butha-Buthe is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. In the north, Butha-Buthe borders on the Free State Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders on Mokhotlong District in southeast and Leribe District on the south (...) |
5 | ![]() | Lesotho ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 2302 Lat/Lng : -29.6 / 28.3 | Lesotho officially the Kingdom of Lesotho is an enclaved country within the border of South Africa. It is just over in size and has a population of around million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho was previously known as Basutoland, but it declared independence from the United Kingdom (...) |
6 | Maputsoe ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1583 Lat/Lng : -28.8866 / 27.8992 | Maputsoe is a town located in the northern district of Leribe in Lesotho; it shares a border-post with Ficksburg in the eastern Free State. With a population of 55,541 . | |
7 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Leribe ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1627 Lat/Lng : -28.9005 / 27.9568 | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leribe is a diocese located in the city of Leribe in the Ecclesiastical province of Maseru in Lesotho. (...) | |
8 | Free State (province) ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1381 Lat/Lng : -28.0 / 27.0 | The Free State (; ; ; ; ; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Boer republic called Orange Free State and later Orange Free State Province. (...) | |
9 | Berea District ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1743 Lat/Lng : -29.1667 / 27.9167 | Berea is a district of Lesotho. In the west, Berea borders on the Free State Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders on the following districts: Leribe District in the north, Thaba-Tseka District in southeast and Maseru District in the south. Teyateyaneng is the capital of the district (...) | |
10 | Peka (Lesotho) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1602 Lat/Lng : -28.9667 / 27.7667 | Peka is a city of the Leribe District in Lesotho. It has a population of approximately 17,161 (2005). | |
11 | Leribe Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1634 Lat/Lng : -28.8556 / 28.0528 | Leribe Airport is an airport serving Hlotse, the camptown (capital) of the Leribe District of Lesotho. The runway is in a large, open field with many cross trails, but does have some side markers along its length. It is less than from the border with South Africa (...) | |
12 | Basutoland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2189 Lat/Lng : -29.5167 / 27.8 | Basutoland was a British Crown colony established in 1884 due to the Cape Colony's inability to control the territory. It was divided into seven administrative districts: Berea, Leribe, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mafeteng, Qacha's Nek and Quthing (...) | |
13 | Mokhotlong District ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 2287 Lat/Lng : -29.3333 / 29.0 | Mokhotlong district (in Sesotho language "the place of the bald ibis") is a district of Lesotho. It includes the highest terrain in the Maloti Range and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho’s primary watershed. Mokhotlong is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district (...) | |
14 | Seshutes Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2149 Lat/Lng : -29.2671 / 28.5533 | Seshutes Airport or Seshote Airport is an airport serving the village of Seshote in Leribe District, Lesotho. High terrain off both runway ends may require an angling approach. (...) | |
15 | Thaba-Tseka District ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 2301 Lat/Lng : -29.5667 / 28.6 | Thaba-Tseka is a district of Lesotho. Thaba-Tseka is also the name of the district's capital or camptown, which is the only town in the district. In the east, Thaba-Tseka borders on the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa (...) | |
16 | Khomokhoana ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1617 Lat/Lng : -28.8819 / 27.9317 | Khomokhoana is a community council located in the Leribe District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 26,851. (...) | |
17 | Pitseng ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1874 Lat/Lng : -29.007 / 28.2133 | Pitseng is a community council located in the Leribe District of Lesotho. The population in 2006 was 18,948.Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, 2006, (...) | |
18 | Seshote ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2605 Lat/Lng : -29.2153 / 28.6169 | Seshote is a community council located in the Leribe District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 9,359. (...) | |
19 | Maisa-Phoka ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1655 Lat/Lng : -28.78 / 28.2058 | Maisa-Phoka is a community council located in the Leribe District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 12,630. (...) | |
20 | Malaoaneng ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1715 Lat/Lng : -28.9197 / 28.2381 | Malaoaneng is a community council located in the Leribe District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 5,864. (...) | |