The
districts of Lesotho
The Kingdom of Lesotho is divided into ten districts, each headed by a district administrator. Each district has a capital known as a camptown. The districts are further subdivided into 80 constituencies, which consist of 129 local community coun ...
are further divided into
constituencies
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
, which are in turn divided into community councils.
Functions
Functions of a community council:
[Kovar, Annika. ''Conditions for Success: Democratic Decentralization and Public Participation, An Analysis of Local Government in the Kingdom of Lesotho''. University of Twente, 2008, p. 39.]
Community councils by district
Berea District : ''For the city mentioned in the Bible, see Berea (Bible).''
Berea is a Districts of Lesotho, district of Lesotho. In the west, Berea borders on the Free State (South African province), Free State Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders ...
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 ...
Leribe District
Leribè is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,828 km2 and a population in 2016 of approximately 337,500. Hlotse is the capital or camptown of the district. The district has one additional town, namely Maputsoe. In the west, Leribe bo ...
Mafeteng District
Mafeteng is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,119 km2 and a population in 2016 of 178,222. Mafeteng is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. In the west, Mafeteng borders on the Free State Province of South Africa ...
Maseru District
Maseru is a district of Lesotho. Maseru is also the name of the district's capital, and is the only city in the district and also the capital of the country. It is the largest urban area in the country, and therefore the only city. The city of ...
Mohale's Hoek District
Mohale's Hoek is a district of Lesotho. Mohale's Hoek is the capital city or camptown, and only town in the district. In the southwest, Mohale's Hoek borders on South Africa, while domestically, it borders on Mafeteng District in northwest, Maser ...
Mokhotlong District
Mokhotlong district (in Sesotho language "the place of the bald ibis") is a district of Lesotho. It includes the highest terrain in the Maloti Mountains and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho's primary watershed. Mokhotlong is the capital or ...
Qacha's Nek District
Qacha's Nek is a district of Lesotho. Qacha's Nek is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. In the south, Qacha's Nek borders on the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and it has a short border with KwaZulu-Natal Province i ...
Quthing District
Quthing is a district of Lesotho. Moyeni (also known as Quthing), is the camp town or capital of the district. There are two of the most important sets of dinosaur footprints in the region. There is a large panel of Bushman paintings at Qomoqomon ...
Thaba-Tseka District
Thaba-Tseka is a district of Lesotho. Thaba-Tseka is also the name of the district's capital or camptown, which is the only town in the district. In the east, Thaba-Tseka borders on the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Domestically, it bord ...
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Bokong
Bokong is a community council located in the Thaba-Tseka District
Thaba-Tseka is a district of Lesotho. Thaba-Tseka is also the name of the district's capital or camptown, which is the only town in the district. In the east, Thaba-Tseka borders o ...
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Lesobeng
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Khutlo-Se-Metsi
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Litsoetse
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Linakeng
Linakeng is a community council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.
In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or th ...
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Urban Council
The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...
References
Subdivisions of Lesotho
Lesotho geography-related lists
Lesotho, Community councils
Lesotho 3
Lesotho politics-related lists
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