Berea District

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Location of the Berea district in Lesotho

Basic data
Administrative city Teyateyaneng
surface 2222 km²
population 262,616 (as of 2016)
Population density 118 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 LS-D
Telephone code +266

The Berea District is one of ten districts (districts) of the Kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa . The district is named after the Berea Mission, founded in 1843 on the plateau of the same name near the state capital Maseru . This mission station is again named after the Greek city of Berea, today Veria , which was visited several times by the Apostle Paul .

geography

The 2222 square kilometer district is located in northern Lesotho. With around 260,000 inhabitants, it is the most densely populated district and one of the most populous districts in the country.

See also: Data from the districts of Lesotho

The neighboring districts are Maseru in the south, Thaba-Tseka in the east and Leribe in the north. On the west side, the district shares a short border with the South African province of Free State . The capital is Teyateyaneng , TY for short.

Localities

  • Teyateyaneng, capital of the district with about 24,000 inhabitants (as of 2016)
  • Mapoteng , with hospital

Community Councils

The community councils of the district are Kanana, Kueneng, Mabote, Makoena, Maluba-Lube, Mapoteng, Motanasela, Phuthiatsana, Senekane and Tebe-Tebe.

Population development

year population
1986 194,600
1996 240.754
2001 300,557
2006 256.496
2016 262,616

Others

Berea is the only district of Lesotho that is not called like its capital.

literature

Web links

Commons : Berea District  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics at statoids.com (English), accessed on December 27, 2012
  2. ^ Lesotho Bureau of Statistics. Table A.2, Tables_A_Geography.xls, 2006.
  3. ↑ 2016 Summary Key Findings. Bureau of Statistics (PDF), accessed March 17, 2018

Coordinates: 29 ° 10 ′  S , 27 ° 55 ′  E