_#_Terrain: mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains
_#_Natural resources: asbestos, coal, clay, tin, hydropower, forests, and small gold and diamond deposits
_#_Land use: arable land 8%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 67%; forest and woodland 6%; other 19%; includes irrigated 2%
_#_Environment: overgrazing; soil degradation; soil erosion
_#_Note: landlocked; almost completely surrounded by South Africa
_*People #_Population: 859,336 (July 1991), growth rate 2.7% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 5 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 101 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)