It is a kingdom that stands in the sky, but the earth is full of human suffering, people see a doctor has become a luxury, three out of ten people have AIDS, today the ball brother will take everyone to understand, the Kingdom of Lesotho in Africa.
The Kingdom of Lesotho is located in southeastErn Africa, and its area is only 30,344 square kilometers, which is much smaller than our Taiwan Province. Situated on the western slopes of the Drakensberg Mountains on the eastern edge of the South African highlands, the country has one and only one neighbour, the Republic of South Africa. Surrounded by South African groups, Lesotho is one of only three "national Chinas" in the world. The other two countries are in Italy, and everyone is certainly not unfamiliar, they are San Marino and the Vatican, they are all well-matched, and Lesotho has naturally become the largest country in the world.
Although the dumplings were wrapped, Lesotho's "posture" was very high. It is 80% of the country's land, the altitude is more than 1800 meters, even the lowest point is 1400 meters high, people call it "the country in the sky", "posture" such a high face is there, but what about the bottom? The main terrain of the whole of Lesotho is the plateau of mountains and hills, which is obviously very unlivable. Lesotho is divided into 10 boroughs, but there are few decent cities, and the capital, Maseru, is in a slightly better situation. Even so, there are still more than 2 million citizens in Lesotho, of which 70% are farmers, and it is clear that agriculture and animal husbandry is their pillar industry. The people grow corn and sorghum in the fields, the hillsides are all cattle and sheep, lesotho's wool quality is good, has established a brand effect in the hearts of the African people, what is the economic situation of Lesotho? Wouldn't it be just farming and herding sheep?
When it comes to Lesotho's high-quality wool, it is necessary to mention the manufacturing industry of others, don't look at Lesotho is a small country on the hillside, people are not only relying on agriculture and animal husbandry, manufacturing is its real pillar industry. Lesotho not only wool processing well, food processing, building materials and home also has its own set, these flowers a year to bring it 5 billion Malotti output value, Marotti is their country's circulating currency, 5 billion is about equivalent to 2.16 billion yuan, these money for the big countries is a dime, but the people of Lesotho also point to this to eat. 5 billion Malotti can contribute 17% of GDP, indeed Lesotho is a very backward country, the same country within a country, the Vatican and San Marino can eat and drink, Lesotho can only sell wool, then the question comes, Lesotho is so weak, why doesn't South Africa swallow it directly?
In fact, this has historical roots, in the early days of mankind, where there were any countries in southern Africa, they were all large and small tribes, and Lesotho still belonged to the early arrivals. Just when the South African nation vowed to establish a unified South African empire, the Europeans came with guns, and the British said that the tribes should be free, not necessarily to live in a country, lesotho thought it made sense, so he flew completely alone. On the other hand, South Africa feels that this neighbor is too poor, what can a mountain-breaking country do, and joining our empire can only drag its feet. Whether it is surrounded by South Africa or not, Lesotho guards its acres and three points of land, and South Africa does not want to deal with it, but we still have to reason with it, and then talk about the life of the people of Lesotho.
Lesotho has more than a million farmers, and the production methods are still very backward, such as ploughing the fields or relying on cattle and manpower, in this country, cattle may be more precious than cars, as can be seen from the marriage customs of the locals. If a man is interested in a girl from a certain family, the bride price is naturally to give a little, at this time the man's family will send a heifer to the woman's family, if the woman does not dislike the man, the bride price is sent, then the marriage has basically become, and in general, the more the cow is sent, the greater the probability of getting rid of singleness, the rich family will definitely send a few more cows, don't ask me why I am a cow, to be honest I am not very clear, maybe I can give birth to cubs. To put it further, farmers depend on this bit of farmland and livestock to support their families, but the sky is not beautiful, Lesotho often drought, then the villagers will launch the "ask for rain" skill.
The villagers will send our girl to the chief's house in the next village to "steal" something, what she wants to steal is not a valuable thing, but a stick that stirs cornmeal porridge, you can understand it as a guy who eats, the plot develops, at this time the chief's wife will find the thief, and then call the boy in his village to chase the girl, the boy and girl chase and play, the purpose is to make a sweat, so as to move the sky to rain heavily. Despite all this effort, Lesotho people still don't have enough to eat, because the economy is so poor, the country doesn't even have a transportation system, most of the roads are gravel, and the railways and planes have to rub away from neighboring South Africa. Poor is poor, there are few good hospitals in the local area, the incidence of AIDS here ranks second in the world, three out of ten people have AIDS, not to mention AIDS, for Lesotho people, seeing a doctor is a luxury.