Butha-Buthe is the capital city or camptown of the

Butha-Buthe District Butha-Buthe is a district of Lesotho. Butha-Buthe is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. In the north, Butha-Buthe borders on the Free State Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders on Mokhotlong District in sout ...

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest mountains in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a population ...

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

Butha-Buthe Mountain Butha-Buthe is the capital city or 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 deposits." Butha-Bu ...

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 Help Lesotho, 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

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the c ...

Sport

Butha-Buthe is home to the former

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

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 ...

team,

Butha-Buthe Warriors Butha-Buthe Warriors is a Lesotho football club based in the town of Butha-Buthe. In 2016/17 Butha-Buthe Warriors played in the Lesotho Premier League The Lesotho Premier League also known as Econet Premier League is the top Association foot ...

, 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