Nine things about the land of Donald Trump says “no one has ever heard”

US President Donald Trump said “Nobody has ever heard” African country Lesoto – a comment he has “shocked” her government.

It is a small country in South Africa, which almost completely consists of mountains and is completely surrounded by South Africa.

Here are nine things to know about the country:

The Lesoto Kingdom consists mainly of the highlands, where many villages can only be reached on a horse, on foot or a light plane.

It is known as the “kingdom in heaven” and is the only independent state in the world that lies just above 1000 meters (3,281 ft), according to the Brittanica encyclopedia. Its lowest point is 1,400m.

It is known to have one of the world’s most fun aircraft to land – Matekana Airstrip has a short runway with long drops at both ends.

The Business Insider website describes flying from the airport as “basically the same as when a bird is pushed out of the nest to learn to fly.”

Lesoto is completely surrounded by South Africa but separated by mountain chains.

Not much of its land is available for agriculture, with its number vulnerable to food shortages and relying on revenue from jobs in South Africa. Over the decade, thousands of workers have been forced to lack employment at home to find a job in South Africa.

Lesota people share some cultural and linguistic similarities with South Africans. Their language, Sesoto, is also one of the 11 official languages ​​of South Africa.

The resources are scarce in Lesota – a consequence of the sharp environment of the Highland plateau and limited agricultural space in the lowlands.

His biggest resource is water – known locally as white gold – which is exported to South Africa. Diamonds are another great export.

When you think of skiing and snowboarding, you can imagine snow slopes of Europe and North America.

But Lesoto on the SnowSports scene in SnowSports. It has the highest ski resort in Subsaharian Africa, one of the fists on the continent.

African is located at 3,222 million altitude, high in Lesot Mountains Maloti and attracts visitors from Africa and beyond.

Lesot people are called basoto.

Some of the cultural objects associated with people Basotho are their blankets and basoto traditional conical hats, known as Mokorotlo. The hat is a national symbol and appears in the middle of the Earth’s flag.

The blankets are made of thick wool, with their intricate and colorful patterns that tell a different story about the history of Basoto people. Basoto carries them as scarves at special events and give them gifts.

Lesoto has one of HIV’s highest prevalence in the world, and one of five adults lives with HIV and more infections in 100,000 people than most other countries, including neighboring Namibia, Bocvana and Eswatini.

The US government has committed almost $ 1 billion to help Earth have been involved in HIV since 2006, including for prevention, care and treatment services, according to US State Department.

Prince Harry and his close friend Lesoto Prince Seeiso set a charity organization in the country – Sentebale, which means “forget me no.” The charity organization cooperates with local communities in Lesota at a wide level, helping young people affected by HIV/AIDS.

Prince Harry went to Lesoto for the first time as a 19-year-old and has since returned to the ground since.

Lesotho is one of the largest sub -Sahar African outfit of clothing in the United States, according to the website of the US Government of International Trade (ITA).

Exports, which includes jeans and textiles, are performed through the US trade program, the African Law on Growth and Opportunities (Agoa) that allows African countries that fulfill the conditions to send part of the goods in the US without tax payment.

In second place is the value of the goods exported in accordance with the agreement.

The mountain kingdom has the largest suicide rate in the world, and 87.5 people per 100,000 population seized their lives each year, according to the World Health Organization.

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

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