Dodoma

Dodoma Jiji la Dodoma (Swahili)
Capital city of Tanzania
From top to bottom: Gaddafi mosque in Viwandani ward, Street in Tambukareli ward, Nyerere square in Viwandani ward
Nickname:  The Capital City
Dodoma Location of Dodoma
Coordinates: 6°10′23″S 35°44′31″E / 6.17306°S 35.74194°E / -6.17306; 35.74194
Country	Tanzania
Region	Dodoma
Government
• Mayor	Davis G. Mwamfupe
Area
• Land	2,576 km2 (995 sq mi)
Elevation	1,120 m (3,670 ft)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Total	765,179
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	026
Website	City website

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 moved from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma for social and economic reasons and to centralise the capital within the country. It became the official capital in 1996.

Much of Dodoma's initial design did not come to fruition until the 21st century. In May 2023, the national government under President Samia Suluhu unveiled the new State House in Dodoma in a historic event stamping the relocation of government duties to the city. As a result, Dar es Salaam remained the commercial and maritime capital of Tanzania with Dodoma retaining the state house Ikulu, and a large number of government functions.