Moyeni is the camptown or the capital of the district of Quthing in Lesotho. Moyeni is divided into Lower Moyeni and Upper Moyeni. Lower Moyeni being largely for commercial and residential purposes. Upper Moyeni is mainly for administrative purposes and residential place for government officials.
Revisit prehistory and see dinosaur footprints, many of there are still in the same place where they were discovered.
Quthing is a district of Lesotho. Moyeni (also known as Quthing), is the camp town or capital of the district. There are two of the most important sets of dinosaur footprints in the region. There is a large panel of Bushman paintings at Qomoqomong. Quthing district is home to the Masitise Cave House, a satellite location of the Morija Museum & Archives. In the southwest, south and east, Quthing borders on the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders Mohale's Hoek District in the north and Qacha's Nek District in the northeast.
As of 2006, the district had a population of 124,048 which was 6.61 per cent of the total population of the country. The total area of the district was 2,916 which was 9.61 per cent of the total area of the country. As of 2008, there were totally 62,602 employed people out of a total of 140,057 people in the district above 15 years of age.
As of 2006, the district had a population of 124,048, 6.61 per cent of the population of the country. The total area of the district was 2,916, 9.61 per cent of the country. The population density in the district was 43.00 persons per square kilometre, compared to 62 for the country. There were five constituencies and ten community councils in the district.As of 2006, 312 people tested HIV positive, 23.20 per cent of the HIV-positive persons in the country. 115 of these (18.90%) were men; 198 (25.70%) were women
As of 2008, there were totally 62,602 employed people out of a total of 140,057 people in the district above 15 years of age. The employed population in the age group of 6–14 years was 1,828 out of a total of 41,972 people in the district in the age group. The labour force participation stood at 185.10. The number of people involved in subsistence agriculture is 1,388 and the number of people in other sectors was 440. The number of unemployed people in the district was 23,308 and the unemployment rate was 81.6 per cent. The total area planted in 2009 was 7,543 which formed 1.87 per cent of the total area planted in the country. The total production was 3,533 tonnes, which was 2.35 per cent of the totals in the country. The major crop was maize, while wheat, sorghum, beans and peas were the other crops planted. The total production of maize was 2,298 tonnes, beans was 280 tonnes, sorghum was 012 tonnes, peas was 775 tonnes and wheat was 168 tonnes as of 2008. As of 2007, there were a total of 137 km (85 mi) of paved roads in the district, with 127 km (79 mi) paved roads and 10 km (6.2 mi) of unpaved roads.
