Cookhouse, South Africa
Cookhouse
Kookhuis | |
|---|---|
Cookhouse station sign | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′43″S 25°48′17″E / 32.74528°S 25.80472°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Municipality | Blue Crane Route |
| Area | |
• Total | 50.98 km2 (19.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,707 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 80.7% |
| • Coloured | 16.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 2.8% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 75.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 19.7% |
| • English | 2.5% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5820 |
| PO box | 5820 |
| Area code | 042 |
Cookhouse (Afrikaans: Kookhuis) is a small village located in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, some 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Port Elizabeth and 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of Somerset East, on the west bank of the Great Fish River.
Cookhouse is part of the Blue Crane Route Municipality, situated in Sarah Baartman District, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Cookhouse was an early colonial settlement. The Scottish abolitionist and poet, Thomas Pringle mentions Cookhouse in his journal. The town was also visited by early explorers and writers such as Dutch military commander Robert Jacob Gordon and French traveller François Levaillant. Gordon's stay in South Africa produced scientific writings, drawings and maps about the region.
The town is home to the Cookhouse Wind Farm which comprises 66 turbines. The farm became operational in November 2014 and supplies clean energy to the Eskom grid.