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Basutoland

Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868 (and ruled by Cape…

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Capital
Maseru
Currency
pound sterling · rand (from 1961)
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Languages
English (official) · Sesotho
Status
Crown Colony under partial local rule
Today part of
Lesotho

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Basutoland

Nodes63
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Triples173
Avg. degree1.97
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Basutoland

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related to As a crown colony · 36
Basutoland → Bambatha Rebellion, Basotho, Bloemfontein, Boer War, Boers, British, British Bechuanaland, British Crown, Cape, Cape Colony, Christian, During, In, In August, July, Lerotholi, Lerotholi Letsie, Lerotholi's, Letsie, Letsie II
related to Interwar period · 27
Basutoland → Alan Pim, Basotho, Basuto, Basuto National Council, Basutoland High Court, Bereng Griffith, British High Commissioner, Chiefs, Commoners Council, Development, However, It, Laws, Lerotholi, Mantsebo, Moshoeshoe, National Council, Paramount Chief, Paramount Chief Seeiso Griffith, Pim
related to Independence · 21
Basutoland → Apartheid, Britain, British Commissioner, Constitution, In, Independence, It, Jonathon's, Leabua Jonathon, London, National Assembly, Paramount Chief, Parliament, Party, Sir Alexander Giles, South Africa, South African, South African Basutoland National, The, The British Resident Commissioner
related to Self government · 20
Basutoland → African, After WW2, Basotho, Basuto, Basutoland Congress Party, Basutoland National Council, Britain, British, From, High Commission Territories, However, In, National Party, Paramount Chief, South Africa, South African, The, This, Union, With
related to Paramount Chief · 16
Basutoland → Basotho Nation, Chief, Chiefs, College, Council, Executive, Executive Council, Headman, High Court, In, Paramount Chief, Resident Commissioner, The Constitution, Their, There, They
related to Legislative branch · 14
Basutoland → Basutoland National Council, Chiefs, Commissioner, District Councils, National Council, Paramount Chief, President, Proclamation, Resident Commissioner, The, The Commissioner, The Constitution, The Resident Commissioner, These
related to Chief Justices · 7
Basutoland → Bechuanaland Protectorate, Chief Justice, Chief Justices, From, High Commission Territories, Swaziland, The Chief Justice
related to References · 7
Basutoland → Alfred Peter, Cana, Encyclopædia Britannica, Frank Richardson, Hillier, This, Vol
related to Executive branch · 4
Basutoland → Basutoland National Council, Basutoland's Executive Council, Council, Paramount Chief
Currency · 2
Basutoland → pound sterling, rand (from 1961)

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chief british basotho paramount council commissioner south government colony cape independence resident africa national territory maseru country chiefs high executive

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BasutolandCapitalMaseru1.00infobox
BasutolandCurrencypound sterling1.00infobox
BasutolandCurrencyrand (from 1961)1.00infobox
BasutolandGovernmentConstitutional monarchy1.00infobox
BasutolandLanguagesEnglish (official)1.00infobox
BasutolandLanguagesSesotho1.00infobox
BasutolandStatusCrown Colony under partial local rule1.00infobox
BasutolandToday part ofLesotho1.00infobox
Basutoland• 1875128,2061.00infobox
Basutoland• 1884–1891Letsie I1.00infobox
Basutoland• 1884–1894Marshal Clarke1.00infobox
Basutoland• 1904348,8481.00infobox
Basutoland• 1960–1966Moshoeshoe II1.00infobox
Basutoland• 1961–1966Alexander Giles1.00infobox
Basutoland• Disestablished4 October 19661.00infobox
Basutoland• Established18 March 18841.00infobox
Basutoland• Total30,355 km2 (11,720 sq mi)1.00infobox

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