Soba is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Maigana.
It has an area of 5 km and a population of 293,270 at the 2006 census. Its postal code is 801122. The Local Government Council is chaired by Mohammed Usman.
The postal code of the area is 810. Soba local Government has 16 districts. soba Local Government has boundary with other local government like Makarfi, sabon Gari local Government in Kaduna state.
With an average annual temperature of 29 ðC and 136.06 days with rain, Soba, a district in Nigeria, has a tropical wet and dry climate that is 0.12% colder than the national average. Soba, it is hot all year round, with a stifling and cloudy wet season and a partially cloudy dry season. It seldom drops below 48ðF or rises over 102ðF throughout the year, usually fluctuating between 54ðF and 96ðF.
With an average daily high temperature of 93ðF, the hot season spans 1.9 months, from March 3 to April 29. With average high temperatures of 95ðF and low temperatures of 70ðF, April is the hottest month of the year in Soba. With an average daily maximum temperature below 84ðF, the cool season spans 3.0 months, from July 3 to October 2. With an average low of 55ðF and high of 84ðF, December is the coldest month of the year in Soba.
The following are Districts of Soba Local Government.
Soba has several markets for economic Activities which attract buyers and sellers from different parts of Kaduna state. Also farming is their major activities with crops like rice, wheats and beans. other occupations adopted by the people of Soba LGA include: animal rearing, hunting and craft making.
Soba land has good conservation and land management practices that's capable of supporting calcium - rich annual grass for livestock development.