Lesotho a "camptown". The districts are further subdivided into 80 constituencies, which consist of 129 local community councils. Lesotho covers . It is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above in elevation. Its lowest point of is thus the highest in the world. Over 80 percent of the country lies above . Lesotho is also the southernmost landlocked country in the world and is entirely surrounded by South Africa. It lies between latitudes 28° and 31°S, and longitudes 27° and 30°E. Because of its elevation, Lesotho remains cooler throughout the year than other regions at the same
Geology of Lesotho only large fault in the country, running northeast-southwest with a vertical displacement of 300 meters near Mafeteng, although there are other smaller faults. More than 50% of Lesotho's territory is underlain by fractured igneous rock aquifers, such as the low permeability basalt of the Lesotho Formation. Dolerite-dike related aquifers have high water productivity in fractures that formed in the surrounding rock due to the high temperature of the intrusion. The sandstones of the Clarens Formation, Elliot Formation and Burgersdorp Formation are small or low quality aquifers, but the Molteno Formation is regarded as the best aquifer in Lesotho with high