[3] Gochas was a flashpoint in the colonial Herero Wars in German South West Africa.

Friedrich von Erckert was killed in action, and a memorial was built in Gochas.

The area is at the center of a set of Kalahari Desert dune farms on which cattle and sheep graze.

[9] The 2015 local authority election was won by the SWAPO party which gained three seats (326 votes).

[10] The 2020 local authority election was won by the newly formed Landless People's Movement (LPM) which scored well all over Hardap.