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Water supply and sanitation in Lesotho. Lesotho is a mountainous and fairly 'water-rich country', but suffers from a lack of clean drinking water due to inadequate sanitation. In recent decades, with the construction of dams for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), Lesotho has become the main provider of water to parts of northern South ...
Functions of a community council: [ 3] Area Economic Planning. Bridle Paths. Burial Grounds. Cemeteries. Grazing Control. HIV and AIDS Coordination. Land Allocation. Natural Resource Control.
Qiloane. / 29.36250°S 27.63194°E / -29.36250; 27.63194. Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file. [ 2] Qiloane[needs IPA] is a community council located in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 24,093.
The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) ( French: Conseil des Ministres Africains Chargés de L'eau ), is considered by the African Union as the support mechanism for its Specialised Technical Committee (STC) to drive achievement in the water and sanitation sectors. It is a regional development network of 55 African countries that ...
Semonkong is a community council located in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Semonkong, meaning "Place of Smoke", was established in the 1880s as a refuge for Basotho displaced by the Basuto Gun War. [3] It is located close to several major natural features, including the Maletsunyane Falls and the 3096-metre peak of Thaba Putsoa.
The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho ( / ləˈsuːtuː, - ˈsoʊtoʊ / [ 1][ 2]) goes back as many as 400 years. Present Lesotho (then called Basotholand) emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Under Moshoeshoe I, Basotho joined other clans in their struggle against the Lifaqane associated with ...
Metsi-Maholo. / 29.61833°S 27.17250°E / -29.61833; 27.17250. Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file. [2] Metsi-Maholo is a community council located in the Mafeteng District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 21,480. [3]
Lesotho (/ l ɪ ˈ s uː t uː / ⓘ lih-SOO-too, [6] [7] Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa , with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [ 8 ] it is the only sovereign enclave in the world outside of the Italian Peninsula .