# Maputsoe

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Maputsoe, Leribe

|image_skyline            = Maputsoe market, 2011.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = Open air market in central Maputsoe.

|image_map = LS-Maputsoe.png
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Maputsoe in Lesotho.
}}

'''Maputsoe''' is a [town](/source/town) and [constituency](/source/Constituencies_of_Lesotho) located in the northern district of [Leribe](/source/Leribe_District) in [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho); it shares a border-post with [Ficksburg](/source/Ficksburg) in the [Free State](/source/Free_State_(South_African_province)) province of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), with the [Mohokare River](/source/Mohokare_River) forming the national boundary. It has a population of 55,541.

The Irish NGO 'Action Lesotho', which works in Maputsoe, was set up by politician [Mannete Ramali](/source/Mannete_Ramaili), whilst she was [Ambassador](/source/Ambassador) to [Ireland](/source/Ireland).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-05-23|title=From one kingdom to another|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/humaninterest/from-one-kingdom-to-another-232011.html|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.irishexaminer.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Villages==
Maputsoe includes the villages of Mathata, Ha Nyenye (Ha Maputsoe, Khomo-lia-oela, Ha Chonapase, Phukalla, Mohalalitoe and Ha Maqele), Ha Motlalehi and Ha Chaka.{{Clarification needed|date=November 2023}}

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{{Coord|28.895|S|27.907|E|display=title}}

Category:Populated places in Leribe District
Category:Lesotho–South Africa border crossings

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