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Record 1 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
  • Toponymy
OBS

Lesotho Cities and towns : Butha-Buthe. Butha-Buthe was founded in 1884 on the Hlotse River to facilitate tax collection and means the "place of lying down" ...

OBS

Butha-Buthe (also Buta-Buthe) is the capital city or camptown of the Butha-Buthe District in Lesotho. ... Butha-Buthe was founded in 1884 in order to provide the local ruler with a place where he could pay taxes, rather than forcing him to the more distant town of Hlotse.

OBS

Butha Buthe : terme used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

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  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
  • Toponymie
OBS

Butha-Buthe est une ville du Lesotho située près de la frontière sud-africaine. Le règlement urbain est un comptoir commercial important dans la région immédiate du Lesotho. [...] Butha-Buthe est traduit de la langue de Sesotho à l'anglais comme «couchez-vous».

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