Goodhouse Explained

Goodhouse
Pushpin Map:South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
Coordinates:-28.9°N 18.25°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Northern Cape
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Namakwa
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Nama Khoi
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.30
Population Total:171
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:0.6%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:98.8%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.6%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info1:96.5%
Demographics2 Title2:English
Demographics2 Info2:2.9%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:0.6%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Area Code Type:Area code

Goodhouse (Nama: Gádaos)[2] is a town in Nama Khoi Local Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Locality with a landing-strip, on the southern bank of the Orange River, 60 km south-west of Warmbad and 60 km east-south-east of Vioolsdrif. The name is a folk etymological adaptation of the Khoekhoen Gudaos, 'sheep ford', said to be the place where the Namas crossed the Orange River with their sheep when they trekked from Little Namaqualand to Great Namaqualand.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Place Goodhouse . Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Place Names of Pre-colonial Origin and their Use Today . 2 August 2012 . 2 August 2024 . 7 October 2023 . https://archive.today/20231007071041/https://humanities.uct.ac.za/apc/place-names-pre-colonial-origin-and-their-use-today .
  3. Book: Raper, Peter E.. Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. 28 August 2013. 182. 1987.