Mount Moorosi
Mount Moorosi is a city in Lesotho with a population of about 6,992.
Mount Moorosi is a mountain in the Drakensberg mountain range on the banks of the Orange River in southern Lesotho. It acquired the name Moorosi's Mountain after Moorosi, the Chief of a local tribe, who, after committing acts deemed to hostile to the Cape Colonial administration, fortified himself on the mountain. A Royal Engineer who was posted to the mountain after the siege began stated that: "Moorosi's Mountain is an isolated kopje, rising steeply on the south bank of the Orange River, about 1,500 feet, and connected with the range on the south by a low narrow nek."
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About Mount Moorosi
| Country | Lesotho |
| Continent | Africa |
| Explore | 18 |
| Population | 6,992 |
| Local currency | LSL |
| Coordinates | -30.2731, 27.8708 |
| Time zone | Africa/Maseru |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 113 km · Maseru |
| Population (Lesotho) | #21 most populated in Lesotho |
| Where on Earth | 30°16′23″S · 27°52′15″E |
| Hemisphere | S · E |
| Distance to the equator | 3,370 km |
| Distance to the South Pole | 6,649 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 99% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Porto Alegre (Brazil) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | 30.27, -152.13 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Cairo | 6,716 km |
| Dubai | 6,825 km |
| São Paulo | 7,296 km |
| Singapore | 8,739 km |
| Paris | 9,157 km |
| London | 9,497 km |