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221: 33: 157:. Camptowns are usually commerce hubs for the district and are the location for the central government offices for the district. Camptowns usually take the same name as the district in which they are located. For example, as mentioned the camptown for Maseru is Maseru but also the camptown for 54: 105: 77: 262: 286: 84: 91: 73: 17: 124: 62: 291: 281: 255: 58: 98: 236: 248: 43: 47: 158: 146: 8: 192:
It presumably derives from the 19th century police camps, then (now archaic) in Sesotho
174: 182: 178: 154: 232: 166: 275: 170: 162: 220: 32: 228: 142: 186: 150: 145:, refers to a district capital for one of the ten 273: 196:. Official colonial government terminology was 256: 61:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 263: 249: 125:Learn how and when to remove this message 14: 274: 149:. The largest camptown is the city of 215: 59:adding citations to reliable sources 26: 185:whose capital is most often called 74:"Camptown" country subdivision 24: 165:. The exceptions to this rule are 25: 303: 287:Types of administrative division 219: 31: 13: 1: 207: 235:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 200:, which prosaically became 10: 308: 214: 177:whose capital is called 169:whose capital is called 292:Lesotho geography stubs 282:Subdivisions of Lesotho 231:location article is a 159:Thaba-Tseka District 147:districts of Lesotho 141:, in the country of 55:improve this article 204:post-independence. 198:government reserve 18:Camptown (Lesotho) 244: 243: 135: 134: 127: 109: 16:(Redirected from 299: 265: 258: 251: 223: 216: 175:Quthing District 130: 123: 119: 116: 110: 108: 67: 35: 27: 21: 307: 306: 302: 301: 300: 298: 297: 296: 272: 271: 270: 269: 212: 210: 183:Leribe District 155:Maseru District 131: 120: 114: 111: 68: 66: 52: 36: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 305: 295: 294: 289: 284: 268: 267: 260: 253: 245: 242: 241: 224: 209: 206: 167:Berea District 133: 132: 39: 37: 30: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 304: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 279: 277: 266: 261: 259: 254: 252: 247: 246: 240: 238: 234: 230: 225: 222: 218: 217: 213: 205: 203: 199: 195: 190: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 129: 126: 118: 115:December 2009 107: 104: 100: 97: 93: 90: 86: 83: 79: 76: –  75: 71: 70:Find sources: 64: 60: 56: 50: 49: 45: 40:This article 38: 34: 29: 28: 19: 237:expanding it 226: 211: 201: 197: 193: 191: 171:Teyateyaneng 138: 136: 121: 112: 102: 95: 88: 81: 69: 53:Please help 41: 163:Thaba-Tseka 276:Categories 208:References 202:urban area 85:newspapers 42:does not 139:camptown 229:Lesotho 194:likampo 143:Lesotho 99:scholar 63:removed 48:sources 187:Hlotse 179:Moyeni 151:Maseru 101:  94:  87:  80:  72:  227:This 106:JSTOR 92:books 233:stub 181:and 78:news 46:any 44:cite 161:is 153:in 57:by 278:: 189:. 173:, 137:A 264:e 257:t 250:v 239:. 128:) 122:( 117:) 113:( 103:· 96:· 89:· 82:· 65:. 51:. 20:)

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Camptown (Lesotho)

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