https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj A tiny country with a lot to tell. en-us 2018-04-23 19:37:51 UTC 2025-04-24 07:39:32 UTC hello@padlet.com isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254590139 2018-04-23 19:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254590139 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254590404 2018-04-23 19:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254590404 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254591355 The Lowest point is 1,200 meters above sea level! The entire country (100 percent) is above sea level.]]> 2018-04-23 19:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254591355 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254592785 Lesotho is the most southern landlocked country in the world. It is completely surrounded by Saudi Arabia]]> 2018-04-23 19:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254592785 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254594056 In fact, it is the only independent country that is 100 percent above sea level in the world.]]> 2018-04-23 19:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254594056 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254594961 Lesotho and Saudi Arabia share a 909 kilometer long boarder. This boarder wraps all the way around Lesotho.]]> 2018-04-23 19:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254594961 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254595656 Lesotho is the 141st largest country in the world. That's pretty small! It is about a third of the size of Tasmania and is 30,355 square kilometers (11,720 square miles).]]> 2018-04-23 20:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254595656 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254597465 Although it is not by the ocean, Lesotho has plenty of rivers that they need for water and electricity.]]> 2018-04-23 20:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254597465 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254598860 Horseback-riding is popular and fun for the people of Lesotho.]]> 2018-04-23 20:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254598860 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254599961 Lesotho is a constitutional monarchy. One of the last three remaining kingdoms in Africa. (The others are Morocco and Lesotho's tiny neighbor, Swaziland)]]> 2018-04-23 20:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254599961 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254960851 There are three languages spoken in Lesotho: English, Southern Sotho, and South African English. South African English and English are basically the same language.]]> 2018-04-24 17:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254960851 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254963243 The majority of the people of Lesotho are Protestants and Roman Catholics. Both, about 45 percent. There are also some Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Baha'i, and traditional indigenous religions. ]]> 2018-04-24 17:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/254963243 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255012004 Basotho cook food from African traditions and British influence. It consists of a lot of potato, seafood, rice, and vegetables.]]> 2018-04-24 19:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255012004 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255012902 The people of Lesotho are called Basotho. Singular are called Mosotho.]]> 2018-04-24 19:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255012902 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255014357 Basotho men and women often wear blankets. The women also wear long, colorful dresses and skirts with patterns..]]> 2018-04-24 19:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255014357 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255015546 Lesotho's climate is temperate, with hot summers and cold winters.]]> 2018-04-24 19:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255015546 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255016877 In the 1820s, Basutoland was founded by Moshoesho I, uniting various Sotho groups, who had fled preditation by the Zulus. Basutoland is the former name of Lesotho. Lesotho gained independence on October 4, 1966. In January of 1970, the ruling Basotho National Party (BNP) set to lose the first post-independence general elections, until it was annulled by the prime minister of the time. He refused to cede power to the Basotho Congress Party (BCP) and imprisoned it's leadership.]]> 2018-04-24 19:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255016877 isavage17 https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255021121 Lesotho has the highest concentration of dinosaur footprints in the world.]]> 2018-04-24 20:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/isavage17/1jm6nrvo7dpj/wish/255021121