Kingdom of Lesotho
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Capital: Maseru
Total Area: 11,720.13 sq mi,30,355.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Maryland)
Population: 2,177,062 (July 2001 est.),note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Estimated Population in 2050: 2,849,325
Languages: Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
Literacy: 83% total, 72% male, 93% female (1999 est.)
Religions: Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Life Expectancy: 47.97 male, 49.74 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Currency: 1 loti (L) = 100 lisente
GDP (per capita): $2,400 (2000 est.)
Industry: food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts; construction; tourism
Agriculture: corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
Arable Land: 11%
Natural Resources: water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals
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