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Butha-Buthe
Butha-Buthe · Lesotho
City population
40,599
#6
in Lesotho
#13,786
worldwide
-28.767, 28.249 · 96 km from Maseru
About Butha-Buthe
Butha-Buthe is a city in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho with a population of 40,599. It is the 6th largest of the 11 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Lesotho, and the 13,786th largest worldwide. It lies 96 km from Maseru.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Butha-Buthe
Elevation
1,716 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Maseru
Coordinates
-28.767, 28.249
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 11 in LesothoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.