Teyateyaneng is a town located in the district of Berea

Berea District

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 in Lesotho

Lesotho

Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

. Usually abbreviated to T.Y., Teya-Teyaneng means 'place of quick sands'. Teyateyaneng is also the camptown for the district of Berea. In 2005 it had a population of 75,115.

Geography

Teyateyaneng is located about 40 kilometers north of the national capital of Maseru

Maseru

Maseru is the capital of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, bordering South Africa, Maseru is Lesotho's only sizable city, with a population of approximately 227,880 . The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the...

on the Main North One, a road that runs parallel to the South African border leading to the north. The city is situated on a high plateau at about 1600 meters altitude.

History

Teyateyaneng was founded in 1886 as the capital of Berea by then Chief Masupha. The centennial in 1986 was celebrated with sports tournaments and T-shirts.

Sports

Football:
The Lioli FC is a football club from Teyateyaneng. In 1985 the team won the national championship for the first time then again in 2009, it is now the Lesotho ground puller. In 2007 it won Imperial Top 8 cup. Lioli FC is now Lesotho soccer champs with the likes of Congo, Manqane, ntate Masualle not foggeting dribbling wizard shabba.
Cricket: LEOKAOKE LEBONA is the first and the only spinner, he was in the first cricket team to win internationally. The best cricket is found there in T.Y. this is where our best spinner LEOKAOKE LEBONA IS FROM, PACE BOWLERS IAN OSLER (BOBO), THABISO MOHAPI (BOTS'O) Who has been playing for the National Team Since he was 15 under the Captain leadership of Niels Wall who currently plays Cricket on the Top League in his home Country Denmark), BATSMEN THABANG MAFEREKA, NTATE BANYE.
NUL vampires are recently crowned lestho cricket league champions. They hammered bails cricket by 129 runs. vamps 192/4 & bails 62 all out. Lebona was man of the match with 75 runs and 4 wickets for 14 runs. Lemphane( Captain) managed to score 98 close to his ton. LP are the runner-ups.
Other Sports are found in schools which is where most of the Town Stars are sharpened.

Points of interest

There is a hospital and high schools in Teyateyaneng. Furthermore, around the city there are several rock caves with cave paintings of the San tribe. The images are of hunters and prey deer. There is one of the biggest hotels BMI.
More info about Teya-Teyaneng can be found on the national tourism website