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Kanana
Community Council
Kanana is located in Lesotho
Kanana
Kanana
Geographic Center of Community
Coordinates: 29°11′35″S 27°37′40″E / 29.19306°S 27.62778°E / -29.19306; 27.62778
Country Lesotho
DistrictBerea District
Elevation5,194 ft (1,583 m)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
19,311
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
Coordinates computed from Lesotho Villages file.[2]

Kanana is a community council located in the Berea District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 19,311.[3]

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.[4]

Villages

The community of Kanana includes the villages[5]

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.[6]

Cultural references

Local poet Moleko Sebuwasngwe is critical of Kanana in his poem “God of Kanana is unhappy”.[7]

References