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Dodoma (lit. 'It has sunk' in Gogo), officially Dodoma City (Jiji Kuu la Dodoma, in Swahili), is the capital of Tanzania [3] and the administrative capital of both Dodoma Municipal Council and the entire Dodoma Region, with a population of 765,179. [4][3] In 1974, the Tanzanian government announced that Tanzania 's federal capital would be ...
The capital of the country and economic centre of Tanzania, Dodoma (population 410,956) [214] is located in central Tanzania, and hosts the National Assembly. At the time of the foundation of the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964, the child mortality rate was 335 deaths per 1,000 live births.
It was the main administrative and commercial center of German East Africa, Tanganyika, and Tanzania. The decision was made in 1974 to move the capital to Dodoma which was officially completed in 1996. [3] Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's most prominent city for arts, fashion, media, film, television, and finance.
List of cities in Tanzania. Map of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam, largest city in Tanzania. Mwanza, Tanzania's second largest city. Dodoma, capital city of Tanzania. Zanzibar City. This is a list of cities, municipalities, and towns in Tanzania.
The regional capital is the city of Dodoma. Dodoma is located in central Tanzania, bordered by Singida region to the west, Manyara region to the north, Iringa region to the south, and Morogoro region to the east. Dodoma region hosts the nation's capital city, where the legislative assembly of Bunge is based.
The centre of Tanzania is a large plateau, which is part of the East African Plateau. The southern half of this plateau is grassland within the Eastern miombo woodlands ecoregion, the majority of which is covered by the huge Selous National Park. Further north the plateau is arable land and includes the national capital, Dodoma.
One billboard in the centre of the capital, Dodoma, says: “The president of all Tanzanians - irrespective of their party, religion, ethnicity or gender. Mama [Samia] delivers”.
The city remains the capital of semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar. Dar es Salaam: Tanganyika: Tanzania: 1961 1964 country merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania Dar es Salaam: Tanzania: Tanzania: 1964 1996 capital moved to Dodoma: Axum: Kingdom of Aksum: Ethiopia: 50 ? city abandoned Debre Berhan: Ethiopian Empire: Ethiopia: 1456 mid-1470s