City profile · Lesotho · Africa
Mafeteng
Mafeteng District · Lesotho
City population
45,287
#4
in Lesotho
#12,485
worldwide
-29.823, 27.237 · 61 km from Maseru
About Mafeteng
Mafeteng is a city in Mafeteng District, Lesotho with a population of 45,287. It is the 4th largest of the 11 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Lesotho, and the 12,485th largest worldwide. It lies 61 km from Maseru.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Mafeteng District
Coordinates
-29.823, 27.237
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.