Moyeni is the capital city or camptown of Quthing District in

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest mountains in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a populatio ...

. Quthing was established in 1877, abandoned in the

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of 1880, and then rebuilt at its present site – the southernmost town in Lesotho.Lesotho Embassy in Rome
It has a population of 27,314 (2016 census). Quthing district is home to a

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group of people who speak different

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s. King Moorosi, the leader of the Baphuthi people, who occupied the Quthing District in southeastern Basutoland (today's Lesotho) in the 1800s, died on Mount Moorosi in 1879 in a war against the Cape Colony. A full description of the war and the events that led up to it are available in "'Moorosi: A South African king's battle for survival'" by Graham Fysh. See http://www.moorosi.com. Impressive rock and cave art are to be found near Quthing, which were created by the

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who settled in this area. Quthing lies in the southern part of Lesotho and borders the Eastern Cape province of

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. The

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flows through the district of Quthing as it makes its long journey to the

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. The border post between Lesotho and South Africa is called

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. During King Moshoeshoe's reign he allocated this part of the country mostly to the Baphuthi people led by King Moorosi.

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* Populated places in Quthing District {{Lesotho-geo-stub