Area: 30.354 Km˛
Population: 2.177.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 72 pop/Km˛

System of government: Constitutional monarchy
Capital: Maseru (367.000 pop.)
Major cities: -
Ethnic majority: Sotho 99%
Border countries: Inside to South Africa

Principal mountains: Thabana Ntlenyana 3482 m
Principal rivers: Orange 350 Km (Basotho tract, total 2092 Km)
Principal lakes: -
Principal islands: -
Climate: Subtropical warm

Language: Sesotho, English (both officials)
Religion: Protestant 42%, Catholic 38%, Indigenous Beliefs 15%, Muslim 5%
Currency: Loti (LSL)