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=**//Richmond, Virginia compared to Maseru, Lesotho//**=

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 * ~ =Richmond, Virginia= ||~ =Maseru ,Lesotho= ||
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||< =** Location **= Maseru, Lesotho has the latitude of 29 digress south and a longitude of 28 digress east. it inside South Africa. Its southeast.

|| Richmond, Virginia has the population of 210,309.
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||< =** Population **= Maseru, Lesotho has the population of 118,355 || Richmond, Virginia speaks mostly English, Spanish, French, and German. ||< ==** Language **== Maseru, Lesotho speaks mostly English, Sesotho, and Bantu. || Transportation of Virginia is mostly by, cars, buses, and taxis they move around on highways, and the railroads. they use these thing because they are there and every one uses them and it provides jobs to many people.
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||< =** Transportation **= Transportation of Maseru, Lesotho is mostly walking, biking, and mini buses. Why the mostly walk is because the places are close together in towns. || Virginia exports some food, also manufactured goods, and tobacco. they are the state known for growing tobacco. ||< =** Exporting good **= Lesotho exports some food, manufactured goods, and lots of live animals. == || In Virginia they live in very traditional houses such as brick, log cabins very rarely, wooden plantes, and sometimes cement houses. They live in these kinds of houses because they are very common for the United states. ||< =** Housing **= In Maseru, Lesotho house are traditionally made of stone and sticks but some times it made of mud bricks, wooden plantes, thatch, and all natural materials. the roofs are made of thatch straw of branches. They use that because it what they have a lot of the recourses to make their homes there with get anything imported to them. || 610 meters to 153 meters 2000 feet to 500 feet || =**Elevation also known as part of Movement**= 288 meters to 71 meters 945 feet to 233 feet || The precipitation in Virginia, United States is 45.22 inches a year The area is 3,315 miles or 5,355 kilometers || =**Region**= The precipitation is 70 centimeters to 80 centimeters The area is 11,720 miles or 30,355 kilometers || 1. Virginia was home to Gorge Washington. 2. Virginia was used in the civil war and has one of the biggest barrel ground. 3.the ending of both the American revolution in Yorktown, Virginia and the civil war in Appomattox both of the wars ending in Virginia. || =Historical facts= 1. In 1966 on October 4th, Basutoland became independent as Lesotho. 2. Mosisili was prime minster from 2002 to 2012 but was forced to resign and then Tom Thadane was elected as prime minster. 3. In 1871, Basutoland [Lesotho] was annexed by the Britain 's cape colony but people revolted and Basutoland became separated from the British colony in 1884. || In 2007 there was 197people per one square mile ||< =**Population density**= 69 people per one square mile || In winter it between 48 digress to 30 digress In summer its between 85 digress to 65 digress and not just the heat It also very humid. || =**Climate**= In winter its 34 digress at the lowest in the lowlands In summer its 90 digress at the lowest in the lowlands In the highlands it is hot for 300 day out of the year on average || 1. Sand castles and sea ponies 2. go to see the limestone forming in one of there caves 3. go swimming in one of the beautiful lakes || =**Activities**= 1. Fishing 2. Horse back riding 3. Paragliding \Hang gliding || 1830s was when English settlers settled in Lesotho but African Americans were there before. || media type="custom" key="24902430" width="388" height="302"
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 * =**Settlement in Virginia**=
 * 1607 on May 14th 104 English settlers arrived in Richmond, Virginia there were indian tribes before the English settlers came.** || =**settlement in Lesotho**=

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 * < == 93 out of 100 people have cell phone connection == ||< == 56 out of 100 people have cell phone connection == ||
 * < == 78 out of 100 have internet connection == ||< == 4 out of 100 people have internet connection == ||
 * < == the literacy rate is 99% for all adults == ||< == 83 % of the present of males and 96% of the percent of woman have literacy rate == ||