In which country is Sesotho an official language (besides English)?

Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is an enclaved country surrounded entirely by South Africa. Lesotho is just over 30,000 km2 (11,583 sq mi) and has a population of about 2 million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. The official languages are Sesotho and English.

Lesotho was previously the British Crown Colony of Basutoland, but it declared independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966. It is now a fully sovereign state and is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The name "Lesotho" roughly translates to "land of the Sotho".

Because of its elevation, Lesotho remains cooler throughout the year than other regions at the same latitude. Most of the rain falls as summer thunderstorms. Maseru and surrounding lowlands often reach 30 °C (86 °F) in summer. Winters can be cold with the lowlands getting down to −7 °C (19 °F) and the highlands to −18 °C (0 °F) at times.

The economy of Lesotho is based on agriculture, livestock, manufacturing and mining.

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earlepg

To get everything right: LESOTHO is a country of the BASOTHO people in the land of the SOTHO who speak the SOSOTHO language.

Nick Hand

Not for the first time, Lilly makes a potentially challenging question far too easy by choosing alternative answers that are too obviously wrong. Come on, Lilly, the word was clearly African-sounding, so how hard can it be? Just throw in the names of a couple of African countries among the alternative answers and this actually would have been a fairly difficult question.