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Maputsoe, Leribe
Open air market in central Maputsoe.
Location of Maputsoe in Lesotho.

Maputsoe is a town and constituency located in the northern district of Leribe in Lesotho; it shares a border-post with Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa, with the 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, whilst she was Ambassador to Ireland.^[1]

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.

28°53′42″S 27°54′25″E / 28.895°S 27.907°E / -28.895; 27.907