| Official Name: | Ratau |
| 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: | 26582 |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | -29.3828°N 27.7892°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 1811 |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file.[2] |
Ratau is a community council located in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 26,582.[3]
The community of Ratau includes the villages of Ha Ino, Ha Kapa, Ha Kopano (Meeling), Ha Kubutu, Ha Lekhutle, Ha Lesaoana, Ha Lethena, Ha Maimane, Ha Majoro, Ha Makhabane, Ha Makhale, Ha Makopong, Ha Makotoko, Ha Mapale, Ha Masakale, Ha Masupha, Ha Masupha (Ha Motho-Motšoana), Ha Masupha (Pontšeng), Ha Matela, Ha Matjeke, Ha Matlangoane, Ha Moetsa, Ha Mofammere, Ha Moji, Ha Mokete, Ha Molengoane, Ha Mosoeu, Ha Mosotho, Ha Mosuoe, Ha Mothae, Ha Mothokho, Ha Motjoka, Ha Motleleng, Ha Mpao, Ha Mphuke, Ha Mpiti, Ha Nkhema, Ha Nkhema (Thoteng), Ha Nkokomohi, Ha Nqheku, Ha Nqosa, Ha Ntainyane, Ha Ntsi, Ha Phaloane, Ha Raanye, Ha Rabotsoa, Ha Rachere, Ha Ralejoe, Ha Ramakabatane, Ha Ramakhaba, Ha Ramotšoane, Ha Ramotšoane (Sekhutlong), Ha Rankota, Ha Ratau, Ha Sechaba, Ha Seeiso, Ha Sekantši, Ha Sekete, Ha Seoehlana, Ha Sephoko, Ha Tieli, Ha Tjopa, Ha Tsoili, Ha Tumahole, Khoiti-ntle, Kotopeng, Maemeng, Makatseng, Malekokoana, Manganeng, Mohlaka-oa-tuka, Moreneng, Motjokeng, Motse-mocha, Ponoane, Sekhutlong, Takalatsa, Thaha-lia-Tloka, Thoteng and Toll Gate.[4]