Passport card
Kingdom of Lesotho
Lesotho
- Capital
- Maseru
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Loti
- Languages
- Sesotho and English
- People
- About 21 lakh
- Size
- About 30,355 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Sam Matekane
- Free since
- 4 October 1966
- Time
- 3½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 8:30 am in Maseru
⭐ Every part of Lesotho is over 1,400 m high: the highest lowest point of any country!
Your Lesotho stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Lesotho
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Lesotho
Turn the globe with your finger. Lesotho has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Lesotho and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 110 times the size of Lesotho.
- PeopleIndia has about 700 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 21 lakh in Lesotho.
- DistanceMaseru is about 8,300 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeLesotho is 3½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 8:30 am in Maseru.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Lesotho, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Lesotho
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Lesotho's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Lesotho back on the map
Lesotho and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Lesotho worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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