Goodhouse
Town in Northern Cape, South Africa
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Goodhouse (Nama: Gádaos)[2] is a town in Nama Khoi Local Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
CountrySouth Africa
Goodhouse
Gádaos (Nama) | |
|---|---|
Ford at Goodhouse | |
  Goodhouse  Goodhouse | |
| Coordinates: 28.9°S 18.25°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Namakwa |
| Municipality | Nama Khoi |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.30 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 171 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 0.6% |
| • Coloured | 98.8% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 96.5% |
| • English | 2.9% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
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]
