About the town » Gouda, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

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Gouda is a settlement in Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Town some 38km south of Porterville, 14km west of Tulbagh and 61km north-west of Worcester. Prior to 1929 it was known as Porterville Road. Of Khoekhoen origin, the name Gouda is said to mean ‘antelope’. Another possible explanation is ‘honey path’, ‘honey defile’.