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{{Politics of Lesotho}}
The Kingdom of [[Lesotho]] is divided into ten [[district]]s, each headed by a district administrator. Each district has a capital known as a [[Camptown (country subdivision)|camptown]]. The districts are further subdivided into 80 [[Constituencies of Lesotho|constituencies]], which consist of 129 local [[Community councils of Lesotho|community councils]]. Most of the districts are named after their capitals. [[Hlotse]], the capital of [[Leribe District]] is also known as Leribe. Paballo L. Mokoena was born in this town. Conversely, the [[Berea District]] is sometimes called [[Teyateyaneng]], based on its capital.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.statoids.com/uls.html| title=Lesotho Districts| work=Statoids| access-date=2008-04-15}}</ref>

[[Image:Districts_of_Lesotho.png|thumb|none|Map of Lesotho with the districts highlighted]]
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!align="left"|Key
!align="left"|District
!Capital
!Population <br> (2006 census)<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=http://www.bos.gov.ls/2006_census.htm |title=2006 census |work=Lesotho Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2008-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828172509/http://www.bos.gov.ls/2006_census.htm |archive-date=2008-08-28 }}</ref>
!Population <br> (2016 census)
!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
!Population Density (people/km<sup>2</sup>)
!Electoral constituencies<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iec.org.ls/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D298%26catid%3D34%26Itemid%3D56 |title=National Elections Results 2012 |access-date=2012-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601221024/http://www.iec.org.ls/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=298&catid=34&Itemid=56 |archive-date=2012-06-01 }}</ref><br><small>(80 total)</small>
|-
|1
|[[Berea District|Berea]]
|[[Teyateyaneng]]
|248,225
|262,616
|2,222
|118
|11
|-
|2
|[[Butha-Buthe District|Butha-Buthe]]
|[[Butha-Buthe]]
|109,139
|118,242
|1,767
|67
|5
|-
|3
|[[Leribe District|Leribe]]
|[[Hlotse]]
|296,673
|337,521
|2,828
|119
|13
|-
|4
|[[Mafeteng District|Mafeteng]]
|[[Mafeteng]]
|192,795
|178,222
|2,119
|84
|8
|-
|5
|[[Maseru District|Maseru]]
|[[Maseru]]
|436,399
|519,186
|4,279
|121
|18
|-
|6
|[[Mohale's Hoek District|Mohale's Hoek]]
|[[Mohale's Hoek]]
|173,706
|165,590
|3,530
|47
|8
|-
|7
|[[Mokhotlong District|Mokhotlong]]
|[[Mokhotlong]]
|95,332
|100,442
|4,075
|25
|4
|-
|8
|[[Qacha's Nek District|Qacha's Nek]]
|[[Qacha's Nek]]
|71,756
|74,566
|2,349
|32
|3
|-
|9
|[[Quthing District|Quthing]]
|[[Moyeni, Quthing|Moyeni]]
|119,811
|115,469
|2,916
|40
|5
|-
|10
|[[Thaba-Tseka District|Thaba-Tseka]]
|[[Thaba-Tseka]]
|128,885
|135,347
|4,270
|32
|5
|}

==See also==
*[[List of districts of Lesotho by Human Development Index]]
*[[ISO 3166-2:LS]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[http://www.bos.gov.ls/Census_Pre_Results_2006.htm Census data by administrative division]

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