Douglas is an agricultural and stock farming town situated near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Notably the rural town has a diverse population, with mostly state institutions and the anchor private employer, GWK, an agricultural company.

The town was founded in 1848 as a mission station on the farm Backhouse by the Reverend Isaac Hughes,[2] who had been working along the Vaal River since 1845.

The town was named after General Sir Percy Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of the Cape Colony.

Douglas is known for its Subtropical desert climate with 38.78 rainy days (10.62% of the time) and precipitation of about 19.31 millimeters (0.76 inches) annually.