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Mokhotlong district (in Sesotho language "the place of the bald ibis") 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.〔Lesotho Bureau of Statistics. Table A.2, Tables_A_Geography.xls, 2006.〕 It is one of the poorest and most remote areas of Lesotho. It is mostly rural, however there are also some diamonds. Mokhotlong is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. It has a population of approximately 7,000 (2004). ==Geography== In the east, Mokhotlong borders on the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa, with its north point bordering the Free State Province. Domestically, it borders on the following districts: *Butha-Buthe District - northwest *Leribe District - west *Thaba-Tseka District - south It is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mokhotlong District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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