Officially name: Kingdom of Lesotho
Capital: Maseru
Largest city: Maseru
Official languages: Sesotho, English
Government: Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Maseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, Maseru lies directly on the Lesotho-South Africa border.
Politics of Lesotho takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Lesotho is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.