Gochas

Gochas
Aerial view of Gochas (2017)
Gochas
Coordinates: 24°47′S 18°49′E / 24.783°S 18.817°E / -24.783; 18.817Coordinates: 24°47′S 18°49′E / 24.783°S 18.817°E / -24.783; 18.817
Country	Namibia
Time zone	SAST (UTC+1)
Climate	BWh

Gochas is a village in the Hardap Region of Namibia. It is located 110 kilometres (68 mi) southeast of Mariental on the way to the Mata Mata border post to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The village has been the main settlement of the ǃKharakhoen (Fransman Nama), a subtribe of the Nama people, since 1889.

Gochas is governed by a village council that currently^[update] has five seats.

The 2015 local authority election was won by the SWAPO party which gained three seats (326 votes). One seat each was won by the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 96 votes) and the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 36 votes).