Maseru

Summary

Maseru is a city^[1]. Maseru ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Maseru is located in Maseru District^[3].
• Maseru is in the country of Lesotho^[4].
• Maseru is on the body of water Caledon River^[5].
• Maseru's image is recorded as Maseru from Parliament Hill.jpg^[6].
• Maseru's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Maseru's instance of is recorded as border city^[8].
• Maseru's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Maseru's official language is recorded as English^[10].
• Maseru's official language is recorded as Sesotho^[11].
• Maseru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Austin^[12].
• Maseru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Koblenz^[13].
• Maseru's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152469547^[14].
• Maseru's GND ID is recorded as 4371854-1^[15].
• Maseru's locator map image is recorded as LocationMaseru.png^[16].
• Maseru's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82125170^[17].
• Maseru's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16732323s^[18].
• Maseru's IdRef ID is recorded as 028230396^[19].
• Maseru's postal code is recorded as 100^[20].
• Maseru's Commons category is recorded as Maseru^[21].
• Maseru's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Maseru's local dialing code is recorded as 22^[23].
• Maseru's local dialing code is recorded as 28^[24].
• +1869-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maseru^[25].
• Maseru's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.31, 'lon': 27.48}^[26].
• Maseru's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.31667, 'lon': 27.48333}^[27].

Body

Geography

Maseru is in the country of Lesotho^[4]. Maseru is located in Maseru District^[3]. Maseru is on the body of water Caledon River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Maseru's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+138'}^[28]. Maseru's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1600'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+227880'}^[30], {'amount': '+343541'}^[31], {'amount': '+170000'}^[32], and {'amount': '+115000'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], border city^[8], and big city^[9].

History and Context

+1869-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maseru^[25].

Why It Matters

Maseru ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).^[2] Maseru has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Maseru is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]