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Lesotho ( i / l ᵻ ˈ s uː t uː / ; li- SOO -too ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho ( Sotho : 'Muso oa Lesotho ), is an enclaved , landlocked country in southern Africa completely surrounded by South Africa . It is just over 30,000 km 2 (11,583 sq mi) in size and has a population slightly over two million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru . Lesotho is a member of the United Nations , the Commonwealth of Nations and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The name Lesotho translates ro
The present Lesotho, then called Basutoland, emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Moshoeshoe, a son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bakoteli lineage, formed his own clan and became a chief around 1804. Between 1821 and 1823, he and his followers settled at the Butha-Buthe Mountain, joining with former adversaries in resistance against the Lifaqane associated with the reign of Shaka Zulu from 1818 to 1828.