Soho, West Midlands

Soho
Soho Foundry at Smethwick
Soho Location within the West Midlands
Population	30,317 (2011.Ward)[1]
• Density	62.7 per ha
OS grid reference	SP048890
Metropolitan borough	Birmingham and Sandwell
Shire county	Staffordshire
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district	B21
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Birmingham Ladywood
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°29′57″N 1°55′44″W / 52.4991°N 1.9288°W / 52.4991; -1.9288

Soho is an area split between the Birmingham and Sandwell metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands in England. The area is located on the A41 road. The name is an abbreviation of South House, denoting that it was located to the south of Handsworth^{[citation needed]}. The section of the A41 separating Handsworth from Winson Green is known as Soho Road.

Soho expanded dramatically during the 19th century with the construction of numerous houses and factories, and immigration from the Commonwealth was centred in these homes during the 1950s and 1960s. Most of the immigrants who settled in Soho were of Indian origin.

Further housebuilding took place by the local council during the 1960s and 1970s. Soho falls partly in the Soho ward of the City of Birmingham and partly in the Soho and Victoria ward of the Borough of Sandwell.