Dodoma

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Dodoma, population 324,347 (2002 census), is the official capital of Tanzania and also the capital of the Dodoma Region. 157,469 people or 48.5 percent of the total population are male while 166,878 people, or 51.5 per cent are female. The estimated total number of households is 74,914 with an average household size of 4.3 people. Dodoma is located at 6°15' South, 35°45' East (-6.25, 35.75). [1]

The town is 486 kilometers east of Dar es Salaam and 441 kilometers south of Arusha, the Headquarter of the East African Cooperation. It covers an area of 2,669 square kilometers of which 625 square kilometers is urbanized.In 1973, plans were made to move the capital to Dodoma. Tanzania's national assembly moved there in February, 1996, but many government offices remain in the original national capital, Dar-es-Salaam.