Quthing

Quthing

▪ administrative district, Lesotho
      village, southern Lesotho. The surrounding area, which borders South Africa (southeast and west) and the Orange River (north), is predominantly agricultural (with subsistence farming of wheat, corn [maize], and sorghum) and pastoral. The area's main cash income comes from livestock (sheep, cattle, and goats), which produce wool and mohair for export. A large portion of the adult male population may be absent from the region at any given time, working in the mines and farms of South Africa. Quthing village has a hospital and is connected by road to Maseru, the national capital, 80 miles (130 km) north. Pop. (1986) village, 1,992.

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