Soga, Tanzania

Soga Kata ya Soga (Swahili)
Ward
Soga Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 6.83341°S 38.86532°E / -6.83341; 38.86532
Country	Tanzania
Region	Pwani Region
District	Kibaha District
Population  (2022)
• Total	10,283
Time zone	UTC+3 (East Africa Time)

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]

Administration

Soga ward is subdivided into the following villages: Soga, Kipangege, Vikuge, and Misufini.

Economy

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]

Transport

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]

References

1. "Administrative Units: Population Distribution Report" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
2. "Tanzania meat attracts Mideast buyers". The East African. 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
3. Allan Olingo (11 May 2019). "Dar SGR project inches closer to reality as locomotives to test phase one arrive". The EastAfrican via Pressreader.com. Nairobi. Retrieved 12 May 2019.