| Name: | Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho) |
| Local name (Sotho): | Lesotho ('Muso oa Lesotho) |
| Former name: | Basutholand – until 1966 |
| Bordering countries: | South Africa |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 30.4 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 1 862 ths. |
| Capital: | Maseru |
| Official languages: | Sotho, English |