ISO 3166-2:LS is the entry for Lesotho

Lesotho

Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

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, part of the ISO 3166

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 (ISO), which defines code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

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s or states) of all countries

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

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Currently for Lesotho, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 districts

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 councils. Most of the districts are named after their...

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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is LS, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

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 code of Lesotho. The second part is a letter (A–K except I).

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code	Subdivision name
LS-D	Berea Berea District -References:...
LS-B	Butha-Buthe Butha-Buthe District Butha-Buthe is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 1,767 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 109,529. Butha-Buthe is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district.-Geography:...
LS-C	Leribe Leribe District Leribè is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,828 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 298,352. Hlotse is the capital or camptown of the district. The district has one additional town, namely Maputsoe and Matukeng.-Geography:...
LS-E	Mafeteng Mafeteng District Mafeteng is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,119 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 193,682. Mafeteng is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district.-Geography:...
LS-A	Maseru Maseru District Maseru is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 4,279 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 429,823. Maseru is also the name of the district's capital, and is the only city in the district. Additionally it is the capital of the country. It is the largest urban area in the country,...
LS-F	Mohale's Hoek Mohale's Hoek District Mohale's Hoek is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 3,530 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 174,924. Mohale's Hoek is the capital city or camptown, and only town in the district.-Geography:...
LS-J	Mokhotlong Mokhotlong District Mokhotlong district is a district of Lesotho. It includes the highest terrain in the Maloti Range and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho’s primary watershed. It has an area of 4,075 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 96,340. It is one of the poorest and most remote areas of...
LS-H	Qacha's Nek Qacha's Nek District Qacha's Nek is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,349 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 71,876. Qacha's Nek is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district.-Geography:...
LS-G	Quthing Quthing District Quthing is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,916 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 120,502. Quthing, also known as Moyeni, is the capital of the district or camptown, and the only town in the district...
LS-K	Thaba-Tseka Thaba-Tseka District Thaba-Tseka is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 4,270 km² and a population in 2006 of approximately 129,137. Thaba-Tseka is also the name of the district's capital or camptown, which is the only town in the district.-Geography:...

See also

• Subdivisions of Lesotho
  Subdivisions of Lesotho
  Administratively, 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 consists of 129 local community councils....
  
  
• FIPS region codes of Lesotho

External links

• Districts of Lesotho , Statoids.com