Thaba-Tseka
Main street of Thaba-Tseka
Main street of Thaba-Tseka
Location of Thaba-Tseka in Lesotho
Location of Thaba-Tseka in Lesotho
Country Lesotho
Elevation
2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Population
 (2016)
  Total15,248
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Thaba-Tseka is a constituency and the capital city or camptown of the Thaba-Tseka District in Lesotho. It has a population of 15,248 (2016 census).[1]

Thaba-Tseka was also the subject of the case studies in James Ferguson's book The Anti-Politics Machine, which identified the failures of outside-initiated development projects.[2]

Infrastructure

In Thaba-Tseka, there are shopping facilities, a bank, a post office, various institutions of relief organizations, and a hospital.

References

  1. "Bureau of Statistics". www.bos.gov.ls. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  2. Ferguson, James (1990). The anti-politics machine : "development," depoliticization, and bureaucratic power in Lesotho. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-37382-4. OCLC 20012407.

29°32′S 28°36′E / 29.533°S 28.600°E / -29.533; 28.600


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