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  2. Lesotho - Wikipedia

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    Topographic map The Afriski resort in the Maloti Mountains. Lesotho covers 30,355 km 2 (11,720 sq mi). It is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) in elevation. Its lowest point of 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) is thus the highest lowest point of any country in the world. Over 80% of the country lies ...

  3. Maseru - Wikipedia

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    Maseru. 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 ...

  4. Matekane Air Strip - Wikipedia

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    580. 1,903. Grass. Source: Google Maps [1] Matekane Air Strip is a high elevation airstrip serving Matekane, Lesotho, with a runway that extends to the edge of a 500 m (1,600 ft) cliff. The runway is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is known as one of the world's scariest runways. [2]

  5. Mokhotlong District - Wikipedia

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    Mokhotlong district (in Sesotho language "the place of the bald ibis ") is a district of Lesotho. It includes the highest terrain in the Maloti Mountains and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho's primary watershed. Mokhotlong is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. Mokhotlong borders on the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South ...

  6. Kuebunyane Airport - Wikipedia

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    Sources: Lesotho Govt. [1] Google Maps [2] Kuebunyane Airport ( ICAO : FXKY ) is an airstrip serving the Basotho villages of Kuebunyane in Mohale's Hoek District , Lesotho . The runway is on a ridge above a river valley, with no overrun on the east end.

  7. Mokhotlong River - Wikipedia

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    Data from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, and British Government Directorate of Overseas Surveys. The Mokhotlong River is a river in northeastern Lesotho. It arises as a confluence of several intermittent mountain streams near the South African border, then flows northwest to a confluence from the Sanqebethu River, then westward to its confluence ...

  8. Mantsonyane - Wikipedia

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    Mantsonyane. Mantšonyane is a town in central Lesotho. It is located southeast of the capital Maseru, close to the western approach to the Mokhoabong Pass, on a high mountain plateau between the towns of Marakabei and Thaba-Tseka, in the Thaba-Tseka District. Located on the central mountain plateau of Lesotho, Mantšonyane is difficult to ...

  9. Mokhotlong Airport - Wikipedia

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    Map; MKH. Location of the airport in Lesotho. Runways; Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 797 2,615 Asphalt 17/35 700 2,297 Asphalt Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2 ...