Mokhotlong District

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Location of the Mokhotlong district in Lesotho

Basic data
Administrative city Mokhotlong
surface 4075 km²
population 100,442 (as of 2016)
Population density 25 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 LS-J
Telephone code +266
St. James High School south of Mokhotlong

The district of Mokhotlong is one of ten districts (districts) of the Kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa .

geography

The district is located in the east of Lesotho. It is named after its capital Mokhotlong (German roughly: "Place des Glattnackenrapps "). Its size is 4075 km², its population 100,442 (as of 2016). This makes it the second least populated and most sparsely populated district in the country.

See also: Data from the districts of Lesotho

The Mokhotlong District is located in the Maloti Mountains . In the east of the district is the highest mountain in southern Africa, the 3482 meter high Thabana Ntlenyana . With the Tlaeeng Pass - 3275 meters above sea level - the district also has the highest road pass in Africa .

The district borders in the northwest on the district Butha-Buthe , in the south on the district Thaba-Tseka and in the west on the district Leribe . In the northeast, the Mokhotlong district shares a short border with the South African province of Free State . East of the Mokhotlong district is the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal , to which there is the Sani Pass border crossing .

Localities

  • Mokhotlong, 2200 meters high, only accessible by plane since 1948, previously by donkey transport, today the central town with a hospital
  • Letseng-la-Terae, around 3,200 meters high, the highest permanent settlement in Lesotho, near a diamond mine north of Mokhotlong
  • Tlokoeng , on the Mokhotlong River - a tributary of the Senqu - is the traditional seat of the Batlokoa

Community Councils

The Community Councils are Khalahali, Khubelu, Linakaneng, Liphamola, Mapholaneng, Marung, Mateanong, Matsoku, Molika-Liko, Moremoholo, Pae-La-Ithlatsoa, ​​Popa, Rafolatsane, Sakeng and Tekeseleng.

literature

Web links

Commons : Mokhotlong 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 28, 2012

Coordinates: 29 ° 20 ′  S , 29 ° 0 ′  E