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U.S. President Donald Trump said that “no one ever heard about” African land Lesotho – a comment that has “Shocked” his government.

It is a small country in South Africa that consists almost entirely of the mountains and is completely surrounded by South Africa.

Here is nine things to know about the country:

The kingdom of Lesoto seems mainly mountain, where only many villages can be reached on horseback, on foot or easy aircraft.

It is known as “Kingdom in the sky” and is the only independent state in the world that is completely over 1,000 mil. (3,281FT) at an altitude, according to Enciclopaedia Britannica. Its lowest point is at 1,400m.

It is known that one of the world’s most awesomes of world airs for land – Matekane Airstrip has a short runway and with long drops at both ends.

The business insider’s website describes airport flying as “essentially the same as when the bird gets out of the nest to learn to fly.”

Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa, but separated by banning mountain ranges.

It is not much of his country available for agriculture, and its population is vulnerable to lack of food and relying on revenue from work in South Africa. During decades, thousands of workers are forced to lack employment opportunities at home to find a job in South Africa.

People Lesotho, which number more than two million, share some cultural and linguistic similarities with South Africans. Their language, Sesotho, is also one of the 11 official languages ​​of South Africa. In fact, more people speak it in South Africa – 4.6 million – but in Lesoto.

Resources are scarce in Lesoto – the consequence of the sharp environment of the top plateau and limited agricultural space in the low size.

Its largest resource is water – locally known as white gold – which is exported to South Africa. Diamonds are another major export.

When you mean skiing and snowboard, you can imagine the snowy slopes of Europe and North America.

But Lesotho seemed famous on the snow snow scene. It has the highest ski resort in SubSaharac Africa, one of only a few hands on the continent.

African is located at 3.222m above sea level, high in Lesoth’s shrew mountains and attracts visitors from Africa and beyond.

Lesoth people are called Basoto.

Some of the cultural cases associated with Basoton people are their blankets and bazoto traditional conical hats, known as Mokorotlo. The hat is a national symbol and appears in the middle of the land flag.

Detects are made of thick wool, with their intricate and colorful patterns that all speak a different story about the history of People Basotho. Bazoto carries them as scarves on special events and give them as gifts.

Lesotho has one of the highest prevalence of HIV in the world, with one in five adults living with HIV, and more infections per 100,000 people but most other countries, including neighboring Namibia, Botswana and Eswatini.

The US government has committed almost $ 1 billion to help countries deal with HIV since 2006., including prevention, care and treatment services, according to the American Status Department.

Prince Harry and his close friend Lesotoni Knez Setiiso asked charity in the country – Sentebale, which means “forget me”. Charities on local communities in Lesoto at a wide level, helping young people affected by HIV / AIDS.

Prince Harry went to Lesotho as a 19-year-old and returned to the country several times since then.

Lesotho is one of the largest exporters of Subsaharac Africa’s clothing in the United States.

Last year, she exported to clothing worth 237 million dollars (£ 184 million), including jeans and textiles through African growth and the Law on Environmental countries to send some goods to the US without paying taxes.

The second is ranked by the value of goods exported under the contract.

The mountain kingdom has the highest suicide rate in the world, with 87.5 people per 100,000 population who has inherited its own life every year, according to the UN World Health Organization.

It is almost 10 times higher than a global average of nine and more than in a double country with the second highest rate, Guyana, which has about 40.

There is no reason for this shocking statistics – experts indicate abuse of drugs and alcohol, lack of jobs and lack of mental health.