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A mokorotlo is a type of straw hat widely used for traditional Sotho clothing Lesotho flag at the Sani Pass border post. The current national flag of Lesotho, adopted on the 40th anniversary of Lesotho's independence on 4 October 2006, [2] features a horizontal blue, white, and green tricolour with a black mokorotlo (a Basotho hat) in the center.
Flag of Lesotho. 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 ...
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 largest sovereign enclave in the world, and the only one outside of the ...
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868 (and ruled ...
Lesotho: 1795 1801 1875 1884 1966 1987 2006 Lesotho: Liberia: 1827 1847 Liberia: Libya: 1711 1912 1951 1969 1972 1977 2011 Libya: Liechtenstein: 1400 1719 1852 1921 1937 1982 Liechtenstein: Lithuania: 1587 1795 1858 1883 1918 1940 1941 1944 1953 1988 2004 Lithuania: Luxembourg: 1482 1781 1795 1815 1845 1940 1944 Luxembourg: Madagascar 1787 1885 ...
The first stamps of independent Lesotho were issued on 4 October 1966. [ 2] On 1 November of that year, the 1961–1963 set of Basutoland was overprinted "LESOTHO". In 1979, the currency was changed from South African rand to lisente (s) and maloti (m). In 1980–1981 the then current 1976–1978 definitives were overprinted with the new ...
Maseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, Maseru lies directly on the Lesotho–South Africa border. Maseru had a population of 330,760 in the 2016 census. The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the country became a British ...
Moreover, each stripe has its own unique meaning. Per Gwen, the creator of the updated lesbian pride flag, the stripe colors represent: Red: gender non-conformity. Dark orange: independence. Light ...