Butha-Buthe is the capital city or camptown of the

Butha-Buthe District Butha-Buthe is a Districts of Lesotho, district of Lesotho. Butha-Buthe is the capital or Camptown (Lesotho), camptown, and only town in the district. In the north, Butha-Buthe borders on the Free State (South African province), Free State Provin ...

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

. It has a population of 35,108 (2016 census). It is named for

Butha-Buthe Mountain Butha-Buthe is the capital city or Camptown (Lesotho), camptown of the Butha-Buthe District in Lesotho. It has a population of 35,108 (2016 census). It is named for Butha-Buthe Mountain to the north of the town. The city's name means "place of de ...

to the north of the town. The city's name means "place of deposits." Butha-Buthe was founded in 1884 in order to provide the local ruler with a place where he could pay taxes, rather than forcing him to the more distant town of

Hlotse Hlotse (also Leribe) is an important market town in Lesotho. It is situated on the Hlotse River, near the South African border. The town was founded in 1876 by a British missionary, Reverend John Widdicombe. It was a colonial centre until Lesot ...

. The town has a high school called Bokoro High School. A Canadian organization called

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, has been assisting the school with their literary skills, and it is now becoming one of the highest ranked schools for literacy skills out of the schools, assisted by Help Lesotho. Bokoro is twinned with Ridgemont High School in

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Sport

Butha-Buthe is home to the former

Lesotho Premier League The Lesotho Premier League also known as Econet Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Econet Telecom Lesotho are the current league sponsor, since 2017/2018 season. Vodacom Lesotho were the previous leagu ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

team, Butha-Buthe Warriors, who currently play in Lesotho A-Division North Stream.https://www.facebook.com/Lesotho-A-Division-League-Southern-And-Northern-Stream-Lesotho-366492773738924/ {{Camptowns of Lesotho Populated places in Butha-Buthe District