Soga is a village and a ward in the

Pwani Region Pwani Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The Swahili word means 'coast'. With the town of Kibaha serving as the capital, the region borders the Tanga Region to the north, Morogoro Region to the west, Lindi Region to the ...

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. It is located in

Kibaha District Kibaha is one of nine administrative districts of Pwani Region in Tanzania. The name means in Zaramo language, Zaramo. The district covers an area of . Kibaha is bordered to the northeast by Kibaha Urban District and the north by Chalinze Distric ...

. 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.

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.

Transport

Soga is one of the stops on the Central Line railway from

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (, ; from ) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the ...

Kigoma Kigoma is a city and lake port in Kigoma-Ujiji District in Tanzania, on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma ...

. There is also a train station in Soga on the first section of the new electric

Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway The Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a railway system under construction and partially in operation, serving Tanzania and linking it to the neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, and through these to the Democratic Repub ...

from

Morogoro Morogoro is a city located in the eastern part of Tanzania, approximately 196 kilometers (122 miles) west of Dar es Salaam. Retrieved on November 24, 2011. It serves as the capital of the Morogoro Region. Informally, it is referred to as ''Mji ...

References

{{Kibaha District Populated places in Pwani Region Wards of Kibaha District