Qiloane

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Qiloane
Community Council
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Qiloane
Geographic Center of Community
Coordinates: 29°21′45″S27°37′55″E / 29.36250°S 27.63194°E / -29.36250; 27.63194
CountryFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
District Maseru District
Elevation
[1]
5,026 ft (1,532 m)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
24,093
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)
Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file. [2]

Qiloane[ needs IPA ] is a community council located in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 24,093. [3]

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Mount Qiloane

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Mount Qiloane

The profile of Mount Qiloane, the legendary conical mountain close to Thaba Bosiu, and described by Masupha as Mother and Father, inspired the traditional Basotho Hat called mokorotlo. [4] [5] [6] Qiloane Hill is crowned by a pillar of Cave Sandstone some 100 feet (30 m) high. It is about 15 feet (4.6 m) broad on top, and is composed of three immense steps gradually tapering to a point. [7] Elevation of the hilltop is 5,640 ft (1,719 m) and is located at coordinates 29°20′53″S27°41′10″E / 29.34806°S 27.68611°E / -29.34806; 27.68611 . [1]

Villages

The community of Qiloane includes the following villages: [8]

References

  1. 1 2 GTOPO30 via GeoNames. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  2. ↑ Google Earth Download Site
  3. ↑ Statoids.com
  4. ↑ Mzolo, Shoks (4 September 2015). "Thaba Bosiu: Where the mountain is king". Mail & Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Botschaften in Berlin laden Bürger ein" [Embassies in German welcome visitors] (in German). Tagesspiegel. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Lesotho Embassy in Berlin [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ Rev. S.S. Dornan, Geology of Basutoland, Geological Magazine, Volume 5, Cambridge University Press, 1908.
  8. ↑ Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, Village List Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine 2006.
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