Lesotho

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Lesotho

Total area: 11,718 sq miles (30,350 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 1,919,552 (growth rate: 0.2%); birth rate: 27.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 56.4/1000; life expectancy: 50.6; density per sq km: 70

Capital City: Maseru

Monetary unit: Maluti

Languages: English, Sesotho (both official); Zulu, Xhosa

Ethnicity/race: Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%

Religions: Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%

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