# Soba Suco, Laga, Baucau Municipality – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/soba/

Suco · Laga 

# Soba

Soba is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Laga, Baucau Municipality. It covers **11.9 km²**. 10 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 10 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 11.9km²
- 10mapped services
- 45 mtypical elevation

## Where is Soba?

Soba lies in [Laga](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/), [Baucau Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 3 other sucos: [Libagua](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/libagua/), [Nunira](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/nunira/) and [Tequino Mata](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/tequino-mata/). By area it is the 333rd largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 6.0% of [Laga](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/baucau/laga/). The centre of Soba is about 115 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.4763° N, 126.6130° E.

Source: [WHO via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-tls).

## Villages and localities in Soba

Open gazetteers list **10 villages, towns and localities** in Soba. Settlements here lie between about 3 m and 275 m above sea level (median 45 m).

- Butofalo
- Butufalo
- Kotagama
- Laga
- Makasar
- Natarici
- Saeuataissi
- Soba
- Suataici
- Uacilava

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Soba

Named natural and historic features inside Soba, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

1 river or stream.

- River Lequinamo

### Hills and mountains

1 mountain.

- Mount Nunira · 287 m

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Soba and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Laga, the warmest month is Nov (average 31 °C) and the coolest is Jul (28 °C), after allowing for this place being about 330 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 851 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (203 mm) and the driest Aug (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **July to August**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 30 203 

Feb 30 162 

Mar 30 117 

Apr 30 63 

May 29 51 

Jun 28 29 

Jul 28 13 

Aug 28 5 

Sep 29 5 

Oct 30 10 

Nov 31 46 

Dec 31 145 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Soba

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Laga · Soba 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47428&mlon=126.59699#map=17/-8.47428/126.59699) 

Petrol pump Posto Gasolina Laga · Soba 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47241&mlon=126.59828#map=17/-8.47241/126.59828) 

Hotel Baucau Beach Bungalows · Buruma 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.44344&mlon=126.46919#map=17/-8.44344/126.46919) 

School Toilet Escola · Soba 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47002&mlon=126.60432#map=17/-8.47002/126.60432) 

College Institutu catolico para a Formasao de Proferasores (ICFP) Baucau · Bahu 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.46291&mlon=126.45000#map=17/-8.46291/126.45000) 

Police station Comando PNTL Município Baucau · Buruma 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.47477&mlon=126.45762#map=17/-8.47477/126.45762) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Soba

Places mapped inside Soba in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1
- Petrol pumps1
- Schools8

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other sucos in Laga

- Atelari
- Libagua
- Nunira
- Saelari
- Sagadati
- Samalari
- Tequino Mata

## Quick answers

- Where is Soba?In Laga, Baucau Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Soba?Libagua, Nunira and Tequino Mata
- How many villages are in Soba?10 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Soba?Settlements lie between 3 m and 275 m
- What is the highest point in Soba?Mount Nunira (287 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Soba?July to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Soba?Centro de Saúde Laga, about 1.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Soba?Posto Gasolina Laga, about 1.7 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Soba?1 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Soba?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Soba?TL030203 (OCHA common operational dataset)