Hlotse Urban Council COE

Date: January 27, 2015

Fact file
Country	Lesotho
Province/Region	Leribe
Baseline score – 2013	59
Post 2015 Score	55-Green
Population	10620
Number of women councillors	4
Number of men councillors	9
Joined the COE programme	2013
Anchored Entrepreneurship Programme	No
Summit	2020

Hlotse Urban Council is located in the Leribe district and is a very important market town in Lesotho. It is situated on the Hlotse River, near the South African border. The town was founded in 1876 by a British missionary, Reverend John Widdicombe. It was a colonial center until Lesotho gained its independence.