British Protectorate of Lesotho

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Protectorate_of_Lesotho
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area 30,355 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:capital Maseru
gptkbp:currency gptkb:South_African_pound
gptkbp:dissolved 1966
gptkbp:established 1868
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Basutoland
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:province
gptkbp:highCommissioner gptkb:Sir_Evelyn_Baring
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Armitage
Sir John Waddington
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Protectorate of Lesotho
gptkbp:independenceDate 4 October 1966
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Basotho_people
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Sesotho
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Basutoland
gptkbp:population approximately 850,000 (1966)
gptkbp:populationCensusYear 1966
gptkbp:predecessor Moshoeshoe I's Kingdom
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lesotho
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Protectorate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7