ATLAS Β· NATIONAL CAPITALS Β· LESOTHO

Capital of Lesotho

The capital of Lesotho is Maseru. The largest, Maseru, has around 343,541 residents in the city proper β€” a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.

CAPITALMaseru
POPULATION343,541
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1

The capital

Maseru343,541 people

In context

Where Maserusits on the world’s scale of capital sizes β€” from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.

10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MMaseru is here
50–250k
<50k

Capitals of other countries

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