The Tanzania’s next Mega city

Get to know the capital city of Tanzania located central part of Country with the area square meters of 41,311 km2 (15,950 sq m) this region is known as Dodoma

Dodoma Region is one of Tanzania’s 30 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Dodoma. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,083,588, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 2,214,657. But we hope this to grow 3 times within 3 coming years due to Government idea of moving its offices from so called “BUSINESS CITY OF TANZANIA, DAR ES SALAAM”

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The city of Dodoma, the largest city and capital of the region, originally began as a small Gogo village in the early 19th century, consisting of several traditional Tembe houses. The city was formally established in 1907 by German colonists during construction of the Tanzanian central railway. The region has a long history of famine and economic difficulties. Along with Kondoa and Singida it was struck hard by the
famine of the 1910s. TEMBE HOUSE

DODOMA VIEW

One report by a British officer in Dodoma in December 1916 reported that "The whole District has been ransacked for cattle". The Germans had killed 26,000 animals, and the British 5,659. The problems continued throughout 1917, and in November 1917 drought turned it into a crisis. Some 30,000, about 1 in 5 of the population of the district at the time died. Thousands of people emigrated, and others sold starving cattle for just a shilling at the market in Dodoma. Smallpox was prevalent, and a Spanish influenza epidemic killed an estimated 50,000–80,000 in Tanganyika between 1918 and 1920.
When the British took over the country, they favoured Dar es Salaam and Arusha, and the area began to decline in importance. The importance declined further in the 1960s when the Tanzania Highway

Districts of Dodoma Region
	District	Population (2012)	Area km²
	Bahi	221,645
	Chamwino	330,543
	Chemba	235,711
	Dodoma	410,956	2,576
	Kondoa	269,704	13,210
	Kongwa	309,973	4,041
	Mpwapwa	305,056	7,479
	Total	2,083,588	41,310

On 9 December 1961, Tanganyika won independence from Britain, and Dodoma remained the capital of the Central Province. In 1963, the provinces of the new nation were divided into smaller administrative units and were renamed regions, and the Dodoma Region was established.
However, in 1973, the Tanzanian government announced that the capital would be moved from Dar es Salaam to a more central location to better serve the needs of the people. Dodoma was selected for this purpose, as it was an already established town at a major crossroads with an agreeable climate and scope for development.

The same year, the Tanzanian government launched a national soil conservation programme, known as the Dodoma Soil Conservation Programme, to improve soil fertility and productivity in the worst affected areas of the region.

^UNIVERSITY:

^D^{odoma is also known as Education city due to availability
of more than 8 Higher Education universities,}

· The University of Dodoma

· Chuo cha Madini Dodoma (Mining College

· St Gabriel College

· College of Hearth Sciences

· St. John's University of Tanzania (Dodoma-Area C Campus)

· Institute of Rural Development Planning (Mipango)

· College of business education (CBE)

· University of Dar es salaam computing centre (UCC) and many more are all there

The view of university of Dodoma

INFRASTRUCTURE

Dodoma rely on connections between its surrounded regions

It’s easy for one to cross to nearby cities like Iringa, singida,Manyara, Arusha & Morogoro with no doubt of using tarmac road

There is also Railway and Airport for you to connect other regions

Roads

Like many cities in Africa, the famous transport in Dodoma is known as DALALADALA (Mini buses)

followed by BODABODA (motorcycle)

and BAJAJ (Try-cycle)

UPCOUNTRY BUSES

Also there are the best buses for upcountry routine

take a look of some of it

DODOMA region is connected by paved trunk road (T3) that starts in DAR ES SALAAM on the coast, passes through MOROGORO, DODOMA and Singida, and ends at the RWANDA border. In 2016, a paved trunk road (T5) to IRINGA was opened.

The trunk road to BABATI in MANYARA was still underway as of 2016. Dodoma lies along the GREAT NORTH ROAD a major infrastructural network of Africa which connects Cairo to Cape Town.

Railways

The central railway of Tanzania passes through the city of^Dodoma

Airports

The region is served by Dodoma In the mid 1970s, it was reported that the airport was to be rebuilt in a new location, 10 kilometres north of Dodoma.

Msalato International Airport

The present airport serving the capital is located within the municipality and cannot accommodate larger aircraft. Therefore, the government intends to construct a new international airport at Msalato ward.

FOODS IN DODOMA

UGALI (Stiff porridge)

Ugali (also sometimes called Sima, Sembe, Kaunga, Dona, Obusuma or Posho) is a dish made of maize flour (cornmeal), millet flour, or Sorghum flour (sometimes mixed with cassava flour)

cooked in boiling liquid (water or Milk) to a porridge- or dough-like consistency. It is the most common staple starch featured in the local cuisines of the African Great Lakes region and Southern Africa.

When ugali is made from another starch, it is usually given a specific regional

Dodoma wine,a famous wine in Africa produced by Cetawico factory join muscles with Tanzania Distilleries limited located in Hombolo - Dodoma Municipal

WHERE TO STAY

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