Top 10 Amazing Facts About Lesotho
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1 Lesotho is known as kingdom of the sky it is a high altitude country and 80 percent of the country lies above 1800 metres the junction of the orange and maca lang rivers at 1 400 metres is the lowest point in the country in fact no other country's lowest point is as high as lesothos interestingly the soto is the only country in the world entirely above 1000 metres thus people say it dwells in the sky.
2 Lesotho is a country within a country it is completely surrounded by south africa which makes it one of three enclave countries in the world the other two countries of this kind are san marino and vatican city both surrounded entirely by italy.
3 Lesotho is named after the least thesaurus dinosaur the largest ever reptile on earth it was an omnivorous dinosaur which evolved in the early jurassic period.
4 Many dinosaur footprints are found in lesotho in 2017 one of the largest dinosaur footprints ever found was discovered in lesotho measuring 57 centimeters the footprint comes from a dinosaur named cayenne tapus ambrocolihali a relative of the tyrannosaurus rex it is estimated to be 2.7 meters tall and 9 meters long making it one of the largest dinosaurs to have aroma africa.
5 Lesotho is home to one of the scariest runways in the world the runway of mccain airstrip is a mere 400 meters long and ends in a cliff drop of about 600 meters.
6 Have you seen how people are converting blankets and pillows into red carpet dresses these days well this is not a new concept in the soto as the traditional dress of the country is a blanket the country experiences harsh cold winters and people here take their blankets everywhere the blanket is not only used to protect the basotho against the cold but is also worn as a status symbol and cultural identification the blanket is made up of wool and decorated with colorful patterns.
7 He think about africa snow is not something that comes to mind but in lesotho you not only see snow but also get a chance to ski here afrisky a mountain resort located in lesotho is one of the few ski resorts in the continent.
8 Lesotho is blessed with several rivers but in 2016 the country experienced the worst drought people had to walk miles to collect water which made them appreciate the importance of water for their survival therefore water is also called white gold in the country.
9 hiv is one of the biggest barriers to development in the country according to the world health organization lesotho has the second highest hiv prevalence rate in the world 25 of the population or you can say that one in every four people in the country are living with hiv.
10 An individual in lesotho is known as a mossotto the people collectively are called basotto and the official language is sesotho that's really a tongue twister that was all about lesotho for you do like share comment and subscribe to our website.
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