Butha-Buthe is the capital of Butha-Buthe district in northern Lesotho, named for the mountain to its north, a name meaning place of lying down. It was founded in 1884 to give the local ruler a place to pay taxes without traveling to the more distant town of Hlotse. The 2016 census recorded 35,108 residents, and the district has a subtropical highland climate with a mean annual temperature around 22.2 degrees Celsius and about 666 millimeters of yearly rainfall. The town is home to Bokoro High School, which maintains a sister school relationship with a school in Ottawa, Canada.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude28.783333 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Butha-Buthe (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 10,000 (2004)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -28.783333, longitude 28.233333
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 10000 (2004)
View the Source2. Butha-Buthe (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Its name means "place of lying down." 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.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Butha-Buthe - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 932886
-28.76659 28.24937 P PPLA LS 11 40599 1716 Africa/Maseru
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1716 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -28.75, 28.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -28.75, 28.25
-28.75 28.25 Cwb
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