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Lesotho
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Lesotho
Le·so·tho  audio  (l-st, -st) KEY   Formerly Ba·su·to·land   (b-st-lnd) KEY  .

A country of southern Africa forming an enclave within east-central South Africa. Inhabited originally by the San and later by a variety of Sotho-speaking peoples, the area became a British protectorate in 1868 and achieved its independence in 1966. Maseru is the capital. Population: 1,860,000.



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