| Hlotse (Leribe) The town of Hlotse, as its inhabitants know it, is commonly called Lenij.e, from the name of the district of which it is the headquarters. Hlotse was founded in 1876 when the resident magistrate and an Anglican missionary were given permission to build by the local chief. The small fort at the missi ... |
| Peka Peka was created as a subdistrict of Leribe district with its own government reserve. From the 1920s until shortly before independence, a colonial officer- dealing with administrative matters was stationed at Peka Reserve. Although the government reserve was eventually abandoned, Peka remained one o ... |
| Butha-Buthe The Sesotho name Butha-Buthe' (meaning place of lying down') derived from the mountain that dominates the town. The original Botha-Bothe mountain was the fortress of King Moshoeshoe until 1824, when he relocated to a new capital. Situated about 125 kilometres from Maseru in the north of the country, ... |