AskBiography Logo   Latest News  Follow Us on Twitter  Follow Us on Google Buzz  Became Fan - Facebook  Subscribe to RSSRSS   Bookmark and Share

Maseru

Maseru
Administration
Full nameMaseru
Official nameMaseru
CountryLesotho
DistrictMaseru
Established1869
Geography
Total Area53.3 sq mi (138 km2)
Elevation5249.3 ft (1600 m)
Demography
Total Population227880 (2006)
Density (pop.)1651.3/km2 (4276.9/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneSouth Africa Standard Time (UTC+2)

     Home | City | Maseru



Maseru is the capital of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, bordering South Africa, Maseru is Lesotho's only sizable city, with a population of approximately 227,880 (2006). The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the country became a British protectorate in 1869. When the country achieved independence in 1966, Maseru retained its status as capital. The name of the city is a Sesotho word meaning "place of the red sandstone".


Warning: simplexml_load_file(http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Maseru?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 410 Gone in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Maseru?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10" in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Fatal error: Call to a member function children() on a non-object in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 260