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History Dodoma in 1912 20th century. Originally a small market town known as Idodomya, the modern Dodoma was founded in 1907 by German colonists during construction of the Tanzanian central railway. The layout followed the typical colonial planning of the time with a European quarter segregated from a native village.
Cathedral. Saint Paul of the Cross Cathedral. Current leadership. Pope. Francis. Metropolitan Archbishop. Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma ( Latin: Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania located in the city of Dodoma .
History. Dodoma's name derives from the Gogo word Idodomya, the place where an elephant sunk into the mud. The city of Dodoma, from which the region gets its name, is the largest city and capital of the region. It began as a small Gogo village in the early 19th century, consisting of several traditional tembe houses.
The paintings are located approximately nine kilometres east of the main highway (T5) from Dodoma to Babati, about 20 km north of Kondoa town, in Kondoa District of Dodoma Region, Tanzania. The boundaries of the site are marked by concrete posts. The site is a registered National Historic Sites of Tanzania.
Dodoma City District, officially the Dodoma Municipal Council ( Halimashauri ya Manispaaa ya Dodoma, in Swahili) is one of seven districts of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the west by Bahi District, and to the east by Chamwino District. It covers an area of 2,607 km 2 (1,007 sq mi). [2]
The Anglican Church of Tanzania ( ACT; Swahili: Kanisa la Anglikana la Tanzania) is a province of the Anglican Communion based in Dodoma. It consists of 28 dioceses (27 on the Tanzanian mainland, and 1 on Zanzibar) headed by their respective bishops. It seceded from the Province of East Africa in 1970, which it shared with Kenya.
Website. University Website. The University of Dodoma ( UDOM) is a public university located in Dodoma, the country's capital in central Tanzania. [1] Building is taking place on a 6,000-hectare site in the Chimwaga area about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of downtown Dodoma. [2]
Minaret (s) 1. Gaddafi Mosque is the largest mosque in Tanzania and the second-largest in East Africa after the Uganda National Mosque in Uganda. It is located in the Tanzanian capital of Dodoma. It was named after the former Libyan Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar Gaddafi who provided the funds for its construction via the ...