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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basutoland | Capital | Maseru | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | Currency | pound sterling | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | Currency | rand (from 1961) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | Government | Constitutional monarchy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | Languages | English (official) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | Languages | Sesotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | Status | Crown Colony under partial local rule | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | Today part of | Lesotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • 1875 | 128,206 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • 1884–1891 | Letsie I | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • 1884–1894 | Marshal Clarke | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • 1904 | 348,848 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • 1960–1966 | Moshoeshoe II | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • 1961–1966 | Alexander Giles | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • Disestablished | 4 October 1966 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • Established | 18 March 1884 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Basutoland | • Total | 30,355 km2 (11,720 sq mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
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