Qacha's Nek District

Qacha's Nek
District
Qacha's Nek
Map of Lesotho with the district highlighted
Country	Lesotho
Capital	Qacha's Nek
Government
• District Council Chair	Mr. Thabo Thatho
Area
• Total	2,349 km2 (907 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	74,566
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Area code	+266
Vehicle registration	H
HDI (2019)	0.492[1] low · 7th

Qacha's Nek is a district of Lesotho. Qacha's Nek is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. In the south, Qacha's Nek borders on the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and it has a short border with KwaZulu-Natal Province in the far east. Domestically, it borders on Quthing District in southwest, Mohale's Hoek District in west and Thaba-Tseka District in the northern direction.

As of 2006, the district had a population of 69,749 which was 3.72 per cent of the total population of the country. The total area of the district was 2,349 which was 7.74 per cent of the total area of the country. The density of population in the district was 30.00 per km². As of 2008, there were economically active people in the district. There were totally 53,126 employed people out of a total of 100,776 people in the district above 15 years of age. The total area planted in 2009 was 10,168 which formed 2.52 per cent of the total area planted in the country. The total production was 3,278 tonnes, which was 2.18 per cent of the totals in the country, with maize being the major crop.