8TH GRADE GEOGRAPHY – MRS. VAN HECK

LESOTHO IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

K-W-L-S

Use the K-W-L chart to show what you know, what

you want to know, what you learned, and what you

still want to know at the end.

KINGDOM OF LESOTHO, IS AN ENCLAVED

LANDLOCKED COUNTRY COMPLETELY

SURROUNDED BY SOUTH AFRICA.

IT IS JUST OVER 30,000 KM2 (11,583 SQ MI) IN

SIZE AND HAS A POPULATION SLIGHTLY OVER

TWO MILLION

CAPITAL CITY - MASERU

CLOTHING

Basotho Hat

LESOTHO TRANSLATES ROUGHLY INTO THE LAND

OF THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK SESOTHO

The sound system of Sotho is unusual in many

respects. It has ejective consonants, click

consonants, a uvular trill, a relatively large number

of affricate consonants, no prenasalised

consonants, and a rare form of vowel-height

(alternatively, advanced tongue root) harmony.

LESOTHO HOLDS ONE OF THE HIGHEST LITERACY RATES

IN AFRICA,[33] IN PART BECAUSE LESOTHO INVESTS

OVER 12% OF ITS GDP IN EDUCATION.[35] UNLIKE IN

MOST OTHER COUNTRIES, IN LESOTHO FEMALE LITERACY

(94.5%) EXCEEDS MALE LITERACY.

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Despite their literacy, Lesotho's residents struggle for access to vital

services, such as healthcare, travel, and educational resources, as,

according to the International Telecommunication Union, only 3.4% of the

population use the Internet.

WHILE CORN IS GROUND AND MADE INTO THE PAP-PAP PORRIDGE, WHEAT IS

GROUND FOR THE DAILY STAPLE OF BREAD MADE IN LARGE PANS GREASED

WITH MUTTON LARD OR MADE INTO MAKOENYA, A HOME-MADE FRIED CAKE

SIMILAR TO A DOUGHNUT AN OFTEN SOLD BY STREET VENDORS.

PEOPLE OF LESOTHO

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