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GeographyLocation: Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
Area: Land boundaries: total 909 km, South Africa 909 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 1,992,960 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.44% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 33.39 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.96 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 67.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.41 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Sotho 99.7%, Europeans 1,600, Asians 800 Religions: Christian 80%, rest indigenous beliefs Languages: Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1966)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Maseru Independence: 4 October 1966 (from UK) Constitution: 2 April 1993
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.6 billion National product real growth rate: 6% National product per capita: $1,340 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13.9% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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