Gochas

Village Gochas ǃGochas ( naq )
Details Details
Gochas from a bird's eye view (2017)
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Basic data
Population Area Population Density
State Region Constituency	Namibia Hardap Mariental-Land
Establishment date	before 1904
License plate phone code
Website

Gochas is a village in Namibia , around 100 km east of Gibeon and 50 km east of Witbooisvlei . Gochas is located at 1139  m on the banks of the Auob - Rivier, which here - in contrast to the area around Gochas and the western foothills of the Kalahari - is relatively fertile.

Gochas is the intersection of the main roads C18 and C15 and has an airfield and a clinic . The village is also a Catholic parish in the Keetmanshoop diocese and the seat of the Epiphany Congregation in the Mariental parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia .

history

From 1904 to 1914 the garrison of the camel riders of the protection force of what was then German South West Africa was in Gochas .

Local politics

The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .

Political party	be right	Share of votes	Seats
SWAPO	326	66.9%	3
COD	096	19.7%	1
DTA	036	07.4%	1
RDP	029	05.6%
All in all	487	100%	5

Educational institutions

• Gochas Primary School
• N. Matschuana Primary School

Web links

Commons : Gochas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gochas on a map from the time of German South West Africa
2. ↑ Official election result of the regional and local elections 2015, ECN, December 4, 2015 ( Memento of the original of December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 150 kB) 

Coordinates: 24 ° 52 ′  S , 18 ° 49 ′  E