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Das Staatswappen Lesothos ist ein brauner Basothoschild, belegt mit einem blauen Krokodil und hinterlegt von zwei sich kreuzenden braunen Waffen, einem schrägrechten Speer und einer schräglinken traditionellen Streitkeule. Gehalten wird der Schild von zwei braunen, gebäumten Pferden.
Lesotho – Wikipedia. Das Königreich Lesotho ( Sesotho [ lɪ’sʊːtʰʊ ]), 1868 bis 1966 Basutoland, ist ein Binnenstaat im südlichen Afrika. Lesotho ist vollständig von der Republik Südafrika umschlossen. Die Hauptstadt ist Maseru. Die Staatsform ist eine parlamentarische Monarchie.
Lesotho ( / lɪˈsuːtuː / ⓘ lih-SOO-too, [6] [7] Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ] ), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa, with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [8] it is the only sovereign enclave in the world outside of the Italian Peninsula.
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Lesotho's southern and eastern mountains (including Maloti) were occupied by the San people and their ancestors for thousands of years as evidenced by rock art. The San lived as semi nomadic hunter-gatherers. At some stage, during their migration south from a tertiary dispersal area Bantu speaking peoples came to settle the lands that now make up L...
The Lesotho highlands attracted migrations by local hunter-gatherers between 550 and 1300 during the Medieval Warm Period, while the Drakensbergarea was completely abandoned. Some of the highland inhabitants at the time also held cattle for food.
There were several severe disruptions to the Basotho people in the early 19th century. One view states that the first of these were marauding Zulu clans, displaced from Zululand as part of the Lifaqane (or Mfecane), wrought havoc on the Basotho peoples they encountered as they moved first west and then north. The second that no sooner than the Zulu...
Free State–Basotho Wars
In 1818, Moshoeshoe I /moʊˈʃweɪʃweɪ/ consolidated various Basotho groupings and became their king. During Moshoeshoe's reign (1823–1870), a series of wars (1856–68) were fought with the Boerswho had settled in traditional Basotho lands. These wars resulted in the extensive loss of land, now known as the "Lost Territory". A treaty was signed with the Boers of Griqualand in 1843 and an agreement was made with the British in 1853 following a minor war. The disputes with the Boers over land, howe...
Annexation by the Cape Colony
In 1871 the protectorate was annexed to the Cape Colony. The Basotho resisted the British and in 1879 a southern chief, Moorosi, rose in revolt. His campaign was crushed, and he was killed in the fighting. The Basotho then began to fight amongst themselves over the division of Moorosi's lands. The British extended the Cape Peace Preservation Act of 1878 to cover Basutoland and attempted to disarm the natives. Much of the colony rose in revolt in the Gun War(1880-1881), inflicting significant...
Return to crown colony
Cape Town's inability to control the territory led to its return to crown control in 1884 as the Territory of Basutoland. The colony was bound by the Orange River Colony, Natal Colony, and Cape Colony. It was divided into seven administrative districts: Berea, Leribe, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mafeteng, Qacha's Nek and Quthing. The colony was ruled by the British Resident Commissioner, who worked through the pits (national assembly) of hereditary native chiefs under one paramount chief. Each chi...
On October 4, 1966, the Kingdom of Lesotho attained full independence, governed by a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral Parliament consisting of a Senate and an elected National Assembly. Early results of the first post-independence elections in January 1970 indicated that the Basotho National Party (BNP) might lose control. Under the leaders...
Lekhanya announced the establishment of the National Constituent Assembly to formulate a new constitution for Lesotho to return the country to democratic, civilian rule by June 1992. Before this transition, however, Lekhanya was ousted in 1991 by a mutiny of junior army officers that left Phisoane Ramaemaas Chairman of the Military Council. Because...
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História. Ver artigo principal: História do Lesoto. No século XVI os basothos se estabeleciam na região da Transvaal (hoje África do Sul ), em decorrência de conflitos com a etnia zulu . No século XIX, os habitantes da Bassutolândia travam guerras contra os bôeres.
Coat of arms of Lesotho. The Coat of arms of was adopted in 2006, after Lesotho's 40th anniversary of independence, replacing the original one used from 1966 to 2006.
