Taung, also known as Taung #56, is a
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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, Mase ...
in
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...
. It begins at Ha-Mont'so where Mafeteng district ends.
Villages in Taung include Siloe, Ha-Mahlehle, Liphiring, Maralleng, Popolosi, Mohalinyane, Tsoloane and many others.
Taung has a principal Chief known as Moeketsi Moletsane who is in actual fact Khosi of the Ba-TAUNG. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Phallang Monare represents this constituency in the
Parliament of Lesotho
The Parliament of Lesotho () is the national legislature of Lesotho and consists of two chambers: the Senate (upper chamber) and the National Assembly (lower chamber).
See also
* Politics of Lesotho
*List of legislatures by country
External ...
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References
Populated places in Mohale's Hoek District
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