Goodhouse

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

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]

References

1. "Main Place Goodhouse". Census 2011.
2. "Place Names of Pre-colonial Origin and their Use Today". 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
3. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 182. Retrieved 28 August 2013.