Soma, the Gambia (Q1318028)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Soma is a town in The Gambia, lying south of the River Gambia. It is an important crossroads, where the main east–west road in the country crosses the Trans-Gambia Highway and it also sits between Northern and Southern Senegal. A vibrant market town and an economic hub of the region, known for its assortments of cooked meat locally known as 'dibitair'. The town has a number of higher learning centers. The town has three Lower Basic Schools; Soma Proper, Soma New and Notre Dame Lower Basic School. Soma Senior Secondary School is located at Sare Mawdo neighborhood of the town and Tahir Senior Secondary School attract thousands of students to the town. Soma has seen a robust response from its citizens living abroad and locally by forming associations to initiate developments to the town. Soma Sitaba Foundation for Development and Soma One Big Family are two important charitable organizations in town. Association Of Soma-America that is formed by Soma people in America is also aimed to fulfill similar purposes.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Soma ist eine Ortschaft im westafrikanischen Staat Gambia.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Soma est une ville de Gambie, située à proximité de la frontière avec le Sénégal, et traversée par la Trans-Gambia Highway (en) qui relie le nord au sud du pays.

Summary from Svenska / Swedish Wikipedia (svwiki)

Soma är en ort i Gambia. Den ligger i regionen Lower River, i den centrala delen av landet, 110 km öster om huvudstaden Banjul. Soma ligger 21 meter över havet och antalet invånare var 12 762 vid folkräkningen 2013.

Summary from 汉语 / Chinese Wikipedia (zhwiki)

索馬是西非國家岡比亞的城鎮,由下河區負責管轄,位於該國中部岡比亞河南岸,距離首都班珠爾約180公里,海拔高度16米,鎮上有醫院和市集,2010年人口估計約10,281。

Summary from زبان فارسی / Persian Wikipedia (fawiki)

سوماً (به لاتین: Soma) یک منطقهٔ مسکونی در گامبیا است که در Lower River Division واقع شده‌است.

Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

Soma è un centro abitato del Gambia, situato nella Divisione del Lower River.

Summary from Język polski / Polish Wikipedia (plwiki)

Soma – miasto w Gambii w dywizji Lower River, na południowym brzegu rzeki Gambia. Mieszka tu około 10 tysięcy osób (stan z 2006 roku). Soma położona jest na skrzyżowaniu dwóch ważnych arterii komunikacyjnych kraju: trasy transgambijskiej i South Bank Road.

Wikidata location: 13.4425, -15.5347 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Soma (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Soma
place: town
landuse: residential
addr:city: Soma
node: Soma (OSM), 261 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Soma
place: town
wikidata: Q1318028
population: 11050

wikidata match: Q1318028

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Populated places in the Gambia boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, admin_level, place