Capital city · Lesotho · Africa
Maseru
Maseru District · Lesotho
City population
359,753
#1
in Lesotho
#1,587
worldwide
-29.317, 27.483
About Maseru
Maseru is the capital of Lesotho, with a city population of 359,753. It is the 1st largest of the 11 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Lesotho, and the 1,587th largest worldwide.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Maseru District
Capital
National capital
Elevation
1,552 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Maseru
Coordinates
-29.317, 27.483
Record updated
2023-12-21
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.