Leribe district

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Distrikt Mafeteng Distrikt Maseru Distrikt Butha-Buthe Distrikt Leribe Distrikt Berea Distrikt Mokhotlong Distrikt Thaba-Tseka Distrikt Quthing Distrikt Mohale’s Hoek Distrikt Qacha’s Nekmap
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Location of the Leribe district in Lesotho

Basic data
Administrative city Pilot
surface 2828 km²
population 337,521 (as of 2016)
Population density 119 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 LS-C
Telephone code +266

The Leribe district is one of the ten districts of the Kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa .

geography

The district in the north of the country has an area of ​​2828 km² and a population of 337,521. Its capital is Hlotse . Hlotse is often called Leribe , for example on signposts or at the official postal address. It is Leribe the name of a high plateau, a village and a real mission station about eight kilometers east of Hlotse.

The Leribe District is located southwest of the Butha-Buthe District , west of the Mokhotlong and Thaba-Tseka Districts and north of the Berea District . In the northwest it borders on the South African province of Free State . The border river is the Caledon , on Sesotho Mohokare .

Localities

  • Hlotse, the administrative seat of the district
  • Maputsoe , also Maputsoa, ​​is opposite the city of Ficksburg in South Africa, with an industrial focus in Lesotho
  • Peka near the border between Lesotho and South Africa
  • Pitseng (German: In the pot ), lies in a valley in front of the high peaks of the Maloti Mountains
  • Tsikoane , known for its mission station and fossilized dinosaur footprints
  • Seshote , in the Maloti Mountains in the east of the district

Community Councils

The community councils are Fenyane, Hleoheng, Khomokhoana, Limamarela, Linare, Litjotjela, Maisa-Phoka, Malaoaneng, Manka, Matlameng, Menkhoaneng, Motati, Mphorosane, Pitseng, Sephokong, Serupane, Seshote and Tsoilitsoili.

International partnerships

Since 2013, the Leribe district has maintained a climate partnership with the German city of Geestland as part of an Engagement Global initiative . A connection has existed for many years via a Lesotho group in the Geestland district of Langen and through the partnership between two primary schools in the two municipalities. After several mutual visits by the climate partnership delegations, bilateral climate protection measures are planned. For example, through afforestation and the construction of systems to slow down the draining water, the soil erosion promoted by the heavy rainfall in the rainy season in the Leribe district is to be reduced. In addition, orchards will be laid out at the partner schools at the same time in 2015 . Furthermore, a project for an improved waste management is being worked on.

literature

Web links

Commons : Leribe District  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2016 Summary Key Findings. Bureau of Statistics (PDF), accessed March 17, 2018
  2. ↑ Statistics at statoids.com (English), accessed on December 27, 2012
  3. ↑ Homepage of the city of Geestland: Our climate partnership with the Leribe district in Lesotho , accessed on July 14, 2015

Coordinates: 29 ° 0 ′  S , 28 ° 0 ′  E