Dodoma Region
Dodoma Region
Mkoa wa Dodoma (Swahili) | |
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| Nickname(s): The capital region, The wine region | |
Location in Tanzania | |
| Coordinates: 6°34′25.68″S 36°15′47.16″E / 6.5738000°S 36.2631000°E | |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Zone | Central |
| Named after | Dodoma |
| Capital | Dodoma |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Regional Commissioner | Rosemary Staki Senyamule |
| Area | |
• Total | 41,311 km2 (15,950 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th of 31 |
| Highest elevation (Lugunga) | 2,352 m (7,717 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 3,085,625 |
| • Rank | 7th of 31 |
| • Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Dodoman |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili |
| • Native | Gogo, Rangi, Sandawe & Burungi |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Postcode | 41xxx |
| Area code | 026 |
| ISO 3166 code | TZ-03 |
| HDI (2021) | 0.497 low · 23rd of 25 |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols of Tanzania | |
| Bird | Rubeho akalat |
| Butterfly | Danaus chrysippus |
| Fish | Redbreast tilapia |
| Mammal | Roan Antelope |
| Tree | Baobab |
| Mineral | Ruby |
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Dodoma Region (Mkoa wa Dodoma in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Dodoma, which is also the capital of Tanzania. Dodoma region 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 hosts the National Assembly of Tanzania or Bunge. Dodoma region also hosts one of the largest universities in Tanzania, the University of Dodoma. The region is the home of the Tanzanian wine industry, which is the second largest wine industry on the continent after South Africa. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 3,085,625; in the 2012 national census, the population was 2,083,588.