The town of Dangila, having adequate land area for expansion will have a high potential forrnfuture development. Due to rapid development of the town and appearance of constructionrnworks, the characteristics of the soil are important to be investigated. The aim of this presentrnresearch is to investigate the engineering properties i.e. index properties, compressibilityrncharacteristics and shear strength properties of soils of natural soils. A laboratory research wasrnconductedto determine such properties.rnThe USCS classification reveals that Dangila soils are classified as MH or CH. The PI values liernbetween 24.8 and 44.9. The Specific gravity results range between 2.61 and 2.9. For thernConsolidation tests, Coefficient of Consolidation varies between 0.94x 10-3 and 3.6x10-rn03cm2/sec,While the Coefficient of Permeability ranges between1.8x10-09 and9.89x10-rn08cm/sec.The compression indexes of undisturbed samples are calculated and the values of Ccrnand Cs are in the range of 0.13 - 0.22 and 0.019 - 0.033 respectively.The values of unconfinedrncompressive strength lie from 140 to 200 kN/m2, at corresponding moisture content of 30 to 34rn%. With those values, it is possible to evaluate classification indices and estimate relevantrnengineering properties necessary for foundation design.rnKey words: Natural soils; index and compressibility characteristics, shear strength properties,rnclassification indices, foundation design