Official Name: | Soga |
Settlement Type: | Ward |
Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tanzania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tanzania |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pwani Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kibaha District |
Parts Type: | Villages |
Leader Title: | Ward Executive Officer |
Established Title: | First Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated Town |
Established Title3: | Incorporated City |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 10,283 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | East Africa Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | -6.8334°N 38.8653°W |
Postal Code: | 61206 |
Soga is a village and a ward in the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is located in Kibaha District. It is bordered to the east by Bokomnemela ward, to the west by Kikongo ward, to the north by Chalinze District and to the south by Kisarawe District. According to the 2022 census, the population of Soga is 10,283.[1]
Soga ward is subdivided into the following villages: Soga, Kipangege, Vikuge, and Misufini.
Soga houses a major $10 million meat processing factory that produces 100 tonnes of beef daily for the export market of United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.[2]
Soga is one of the stops on the Central Line railway from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma. There is also a train station in Soga on the first section of the new electric Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro.[3]