Qiloane is a

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located in the

Maseru District Maseru is a Districts of Lesotho, district of Lesotho. Maseru is also the name of the district's capital city, capital, and is the only city in the district and also the capital of the country. It is the largest urban area in the country, and the ...

Lesotho Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...

. Its population in 2006 was 24,093.

Mount Qiloane

The profile of Mount Qiloane, the legendary conical mountain close to

Thaba Bosiu Thaba Bosiu is a Constituencies of Lesotho, constituency and sandstone plateau with an area of approximately and a height of 1,804 meters above sea level. It is located between the Orange River, Orange and Caledon Rivers in the Maseru District of ...

, and described by Masupha as Mother and Father, inspired the traditional Basotho Hat called mokorotlo. Qiloane Hill is crowned by a pillar of Cave Sandstone some high. It is about broad on top, and is composed of three immense steps gradually tapering to a point. Elevation of the hilltop is 5,640 ft (1,719 m) and is located at coordinates .

Villages

The community of Qiloane includes the following villages:Lesotho Bureau of Statistics
Village List
2006. * 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

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External links

Google map of community villages
Populated places in Maseru District