Qiloane
Qiloane | |
|---|---|
Community Council | |
  Qiloane Geographic Center of Community | |
| Coordinates: 29°21′45″S 27°37′55″E / 29.36250°S 27.63194°E | |
| Country |  Lesotho |
| District | Maseru District |
| Elevation | 5,026 ft (1,532 m) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 24,093 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file.[2] | |
Qiloane[needs IPA] is a community council located in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 24,093.[3]
Mount Qiloane
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The profile of Mount Qiloane, the legendary conical mountain close to Thaba Bosiu, and described by Masupha as Mother and Father, inspired the traditional Basotho Hat called mokorotlo.[4][5][6] Qiloane Hill is crowned by a pillar of Cave Sandstone some 100 feet (30 m) high. It is about 15 feet (4.6 m) broad on top, and is composed of three immense steps gradually tapering to a point.[7] Elevation of the hilltop is 5,640 ft (1,719 m) and is located at coordinates 29°20′53″S 27°41′10″E / 29.34806°S 27.68611°E.[1]
Villages
[edit]The community of Qiloane includes the following villages[8]:
- Boqate (Ha Majara)
- Ha 'Mamotho
- Ha Bosofo
- Ha Fako
- Ha Jobo
- Ha Khoabane
- Ha Lekoro
- Ha Lenono
- Ha Lephoi
- Ha Lesoiti
- Ha Lithupa
- Ha Maja
- Ha Majara
- Ha Makhalanyane
- Ha Makhoathi
- Ha Mamotho
- Ha Mathula
- Ha Mohalanyane
- Ha Mohasoa
- Ha Mosalla
- Ha Mothae
- Ha Motloheloa
- Ha Motsu
- Ha Mpesi
- Ha Nkhata
- Ha Ntlama
- Ha Ntsane
- Ha Qhali
- Ha Rafutho
- Ha Ramakha
- Ha Ramoejane
- Ha Rapheko
- Ha Raphuthi
- Ha Rasenkisi
- Ha Rathoko
- Ha Seeiso
- Ha Sekete
- Ha Sofonia
- Ha Teronko
- Ha Thiba-Khoali
- Ha Tonki
- Khokhotsaneng
- Lekhalong
- Lihaseng
- Liolong
- Liphookoaneng
- Mafikaneng
- Mafikaneng (Ha Khechane)
- Mahlabatheng
- Majakaneng
- Masekoeng
- Monyakoana
- Ntlo-kholo (Ha Sepake)
- Ntlo-kholo (Mahaheng)
- Ntlokholo
- Sekantšing
- Sekhutloaneng
- Thaba-Khupa
References
[edit]- ^ a b GTOPO30 via GeoNames. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ Google Earth Download Site
- ^ Statoids.com
- ^ Mzolo, Shoks (4 September 2015). "Thaba Bosiu: Where the mountain is king". Mail & Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Botschaften in Berlin laden Bürger ein" [Embassies in German welcome visitors] (in German). Tagesspiegel. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ Lesotho Embassy in Berlin [dead link]
- ^ Rev. S.S. Dornan, Geology of Basutoland, Geological Magazine, Volume 5, Cambridge University Press, 1908.
- ^ Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, Village List Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine 2006.