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Kingdom of Lesotho. Formerly Basutoland. 1,865,040. National or official languages: South Sotho, English. Literacy rate: 59% to 74%. Also includes Afrikaans, people from France, India, Pakistan. Information mainly from J. Bendor-Samuel 1989. Blind population: 3,000 (1982 WCE). Deaf institutions: 1. The number of languages listed for Lesotho is 5. Of those ...
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Population 2002 ........................................................ 2,207,954
GDP per capita 2001 (Purchasing Power Parity, US$)...........2,450
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Lesotho
Capital : Maseru
Major Language(s) : English, Sotho, Zulu
Largest City : Maseru
Date of UN Membership : 17 Oct. 1966
Largest City Population (in thousands, 1995) : 297
Latitude/Longitude (at largest city) : 29°19'S 27°29'E
Currency : loti
GDP (million US$, 1997) : 1018
Area (km2) : 30355
Total Population (in thousands, 1999) : 2108
Population Density (per square km., 1997) : 70
GDP Per Capita (US$, 1997) : 505
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STATUSMilitary Regime
AREA30,345 sq km
CAPITALMaseru
POPULATION1,774,000
LANGUAGESEnglish, Sesotho
RELIGIONSRoman Catholic, Protestant
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