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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
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Note: This section last updated 8th May 2021
In English:
1,234.45
(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)
In Southern Sotho:
1 234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)
Note: This section last updated 8th May 2021
In English:
dd/mm/yyyy
14:32
In Southern Sotho:
yyyy-mm-dd
14:32
The official languages are English and Sotho (1 493 000 speakers). There are 248 000 Zulu -speakers.
Deliveries are only to post office boxes or private bags. Addresses not in a native language will be written in English.
Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. Examples:
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
This is written PO Box.
Lesotho Postal Codes are a block of 3 digits.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
n/a.
\A\d{3,3}\Z
n/a
Lesotho has 10 districts :
Berea Butha-Buthe Leribe Mafeteng Maseru Mohale’s Hoek Mokhotlong Qacha’s Nek Quthing Thaba-Tseka
Lesothan telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 8 digits. Mobile numbers commence 5 or 6.
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
All information copyright Graham Rhind 2024. Any information used should be acknowledged and referenced.