Qiloane Explained
| Official Name: | Qiloane |
| Settlement Type: | Community Council |
| Pushpin Map: | Lesotho |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Geographic Center of Community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Lesotho |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maseru District |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Total: | 24,093 |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | -29.3625°N 27.6319°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 1532 |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file.[2] |
Qiloane is a community council located in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 24,093.[3]
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 100feet high. It is about 15feet 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 -29.3481°N 27.6861°W.
Villages
The community of Qiloane includes the following villages[8] :
- Boqate (Ha Majara)
- Ha 'Mamotho
- Ha Bosofo
- Ha Fako
- Ha Jobo
- Ha Khoabane
- Ha Lekoro
- Ha Lenono
- Ha Lephoi
- Ha Lesoiti
- Ha Lithupa
- Ha Maja
- Ha Majara
- Ha Makhalanyane
- Ha Makhoathi
- Ha Mamotho
- Ha Mathula
- Ha Mohalanyane
- Ha Mohasoa
- Ha Mosalla
- Ha Mothae
- Ha Motloheloa
- Ha Motsu
- Ha Mpesi
- Ha Nkhata
- Ha Ntlama
- Ha Ntsane
- Ha Qhali
- Ha Rafutho
- Ha Ramakha
- Ha Ramoejane
- Ha Rapheko
- Ha Raphuthi
- Ha Rasenkisi
- Ha Rathoko
- Ha Seeiso
- Ha Sekete
- Ha Sofonia
- Ha Teronko
- Ha Thiba-Khoali
- Ha Tonki
- Khokhotsaneng
- Lekhalong
- Lihaseng
- Liolong
- Liphookoaneng
- Mafikaneng
- Mafikaneng (Ha Khechane)
- Mahlabatheng
- Majakaneng
- Masekoeng
- Monyakoana
- Ntlo-kholo (Ha Sepake)
- Ntlo-kholo (Mahaheng)
- Ntlokholo
- Sekantšing
- Sekhutloaneng
- Thaba-Khupa
External links
Notes and References
- [GTOPO30]
- http://bbs.keyhole.com Google Earth Download Site
- http://www.statoids.com/yls.html Statoids.com
- Web site: Thaba Bosiu: Where the mountain is king . 1 October 2015 . Mzolo . Shoks. https://web.archive.org/web/20151001131747/http://mg.co.za/article/2015-09-04-thaba-bosiu-where-the-mountain-is-king . live. 25 April 2016 . 4 September 2015. .
- Web site: Botschaften in Berlin laden Bürger ein . https://web.archive.org/web/20130403115537/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/stadtleben/mit-hut-und-reisepass-botschaften-in-berlin-laden-buerger-ein/1549232.html . Embassies in German welcome visitors . DE. . 3 September 2009 . 3 April 2013 . 25 April 2016 . live.
- http://www.lesothoembassy.de/people-and-culture.html Lesotho Embassy in Berlin
- Rev. S.S. Dornan, Geology of Basutoland, Geological Magazine, Volume 5, Cambridge University Press, 1908.
- Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, Village List 2006.
