Dodoma
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 10 ′ S , 35 ° 44 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Tanzania | ||
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| District | Dodoma Urban | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | TZ-03 | ||
| height | 1125 m | ||
| surface | 2576 km² | ||
| Residents | 213,636 (2012) | ||
| density | 82.9 Ew. / km² | ||
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| mayor | Francis Mazanda | ||
Dodoma [ doˈdoːma ] is the capital of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Dodoma Region . The city was founded in 1907 by German colonists and is now one of the largest cities in Tanzania . The official languages are Swahili and English. Although Dodoma is officially the capital of the country, the seat of government is in Dar es Salaam . But this is where the National Assembly has been located since 1996 .
location
Dodoma is located inland, around 450 kilometers from the Indian Ocean , at an altitude of 1135 meters. The Dodoma region is sparsely populated and characterized by agriculture.
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Dodoma
Source: Tanzania Meteorological Agency, data: 1971–2000; wetterkontor.de
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population
Dodoma has 213,636 inhabitants (as of 2012) and the federal district has an area of 2,576 km². About 48% of the residents of Dodoma stated male and 52% female as their gender in the census. The Gogo, Rangi, Burungi and Sandawe tribes are native here.
Population development
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants by area since the 1978 census.
| year | population |
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| 1978 (census) | 45,807 |
| 1988 (census) | 83.205 |
| 2002 (census) | 150.604 |
| 2012 (census) | 213,636 |
history
For a long time, the settlement was an important base on the route of the East African slave trade , the traces of which can still be seen today in the changes in the soil in the region. The present city was founded in 1907 under German colonial rule (German East Africa) . In 1974 it replaced Dar es Salaam as the official capital of Tanzania. Since then some ministries and in 1996 the National Assembly moved from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, but many government agencies have so far failed to do so. Dodoma's structure and architecture were largely determined by the American architect James Rossant .
Religions
Dodoma is the seat of an Anglican , Evangelical Lutheran and Catholic bishop . The number of Catholics within the Archdiocese of Dodoma is estimated at around 20% of the population.
Kanisa la Biblia Protestant Church
Anglican Cathedral in Dodoma
Gaddafi Mosque
Nyerere Square in Dodoma
economy
Dodoma is located in the middle of the only wine-growing region in East Africa . The water supply is provided by pipelines from the Makutupora spring area 30 km to the north.
The local authority of Dodomas is also responsible for the maintenance of the nearby Hombolo reservoir .
The economy of Dodoma, as well as that of the entire region, is characterized by agriculture, so that Dodoma is an important trading center for peanuts , sunflower seeds , corn , rice , wheat , coffee beans , tea , tobacco and millet .
Medical supplies
In 2003 the Dodoma Tanzania Health Development (DTHD) and Dodoma Christian Medical Center (DCMC) were founded with US support. Today the clinic supplies all medical areas with over 100 beds. The Mvumi Hospital has been serving the rural population in the area since 2009. The Aga Khan Primary Medical Center is one of the smaller private clinics.
traffic
The city is located on the Zentralbahn or Tanganyika Railway and is connected to Dar es Salaam by 456 kilometers of railway line.
Dodoma is also the intersection of the T3 and T5 highways . The T5 trunk road is an important north-south road axis in Tanzania. The T3 trunk road leads east to Morogoro , from there by T1 in the direction of Dar es Salaam.
In the middle of the city is Dodoma Airport with connections in Tanzania, where the national operations center for the MAF mission aviators was located until 2014 . From Dodoma Airport there are flights to Dar es Salaam , Arusha and Tanga, among others . Plans are underway to build an international airport that will be named Msalato International Airport.
Bus lines also connect the city in the nationwide intercity bus system.
education
There have been three universities in Dodoma since 2007: the St. John's University of Tanzania of the Anglican Church of Tanzania , the University of Dodoma with around 22,000 students and the Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) . There are also a few state schools as well as an Anglican and Catholic private school and a hotel management school. Since 1994 there has been a school for deaf children supported by the Netherlands (EOTAS). 100 blind students are taught about 20 km west of Dodoma at the Buigiri School for the Blind .
Sports
Polisi Dodoma FC is the city's most successful football club and competes in the country's premier league .
sons and daughters of the town
- Juma Ikangaa (* 1957), marathon runner
- Norman Chihota (* 1947), sprinter
- John Yuda Msuri (* 1979), long-distance runner
Individual evidence
- ↑ Parliament's website Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Dodoma | national capital, Tanzania . In: Encyclopedia Britannica . ( britannica.com [accessed January 5, 2018]).
- ↑ Google Maps. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
- ^ Tanzania Meteorological Agency: Climate Information Dodoma. World Meteorological Organization, accessed October 27, 2012 .
- ^ Tanzania: Regions and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
- ^ Carl Christianson: Soil erosion and sedimentation in semi-arid Tanzania , Stockholm 1972.
- ↑ http://www.jamesrossant.com/dodoma.html accessed on March 17, 2014, s. a. James Rossant in the English Wikipedia
- ^ Entry on Dodoma on catholic-hierarchy.org
- ↑ http://dthd.org/who-we-are/history-at-a-glance/ accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ http://dthd.org/who-we-are/our-story/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Facebook page of the clinic https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aga-Khan-Primary-Medical-Centre-Dodoma/116887585061786
- ^ Mission Aviation Fellowship - Tanzania. In: www.maf.or.tz. Retrieved August 18, 2016 .
- ^ Govt eyes new airport in capital dodoma . ( thecitizen.co.tz [accessed January 5, 2018]).
- ↑ University website http://www.sjut.ac.tz/
- ↑ University website Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website of the institute http://www.irdp.ac.tz/
- ↑ Website of the school archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website of the hotel management school http://www.irdp.ac.tz/
- ^ School website http://www.eotasfoundation.org/dodoma-deaf-school.html
- ↑ Report on the school http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Dodoma/blog-247183.html
- ↑ Tanzania - Polisi Dodoma - Resultados, próximos partidos, equipo, estadísticas, photos, videos y noticias - Soccerway. Retrieved January 5, 2018 (Spanish).
- ↑ Norman Chihota Bio, Stats, and Results. Accessed April 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ PeoplePill: John Yuda Msuri: Tanzanian long-distance runner - Biography and Life. Retrieved April 28, 2020 (American English).
