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Kanana | |
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Community Council | |
KananaGeographic Center of Community | |
Coordinates: 29°11′35″S 27°37′40″E / 29.19306°S 27.62778°E / -29.19306; 27.62778 | |
Country | Lesotho |
District | Berea District |
Elevation | 5,194 ft (1,583 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 19,311 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file. |
Kanana is a community council located in the Berea District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 19,311.
Education
Ha Fusi Primary School is a church school, run by the Anglican Church of Lesotho. After teaching at the primary school in 2003, Andrew Uglow set about raising funds so that the church could open a secondary school. With land donated by the village chief, a three classroom school was built. Ha Fusi Secondary School was registered by the government of Lesotho in 2009.
Villages
The community of Kanana includes the villages
Berea Mission |
Ha Marapo |
Ha Souru |
Water project
Construction of a water project due to start at Ha Makebe in Berea, will be coupled with the construction of 30,000 ventilated improved pit latrines for 250 villages countrywide. The project is intended to improve the supply of water for households, industries, business premises and the agricultural sector. Funding for the project is provided by the Millennium Challenge Account.
Cultural references
Local poet Moleko Sebuwasngwe is critical of Kanana in his poem “God of Kanana is unhappy”.
References
- GTOPO30 via GeoNames. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
- Google Earth Download Site Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- Statoids.com
- Friends of Fusi Secondary School Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, 2006, Village List Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Government of Lesotho.Water Project Strengthens Lesotho/US Ties Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine 2010-12-16.
- Sebuwasengwe, Moleko (27 September 2019). Moleko Art Project: Moleko Poetry Session. ISBN 9781728394213.