Dodoma

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Dodoma is the political and administrative capital city of Tanzania, located in the country’s central region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dodoma canonical 15
Dodoma Municipal Council 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
becameOfficialCapitalYear 1996
capitalMoveAnnouncedBy Government of Tanzania
capitalMoveDecisionYear 1973
capitalMoveFrom Dar es Salaam
capitalType administrative capital
political capital
climateClassification semi-arid climate
continent Africa
country Tanzania
countryCapitalFunction seat of central government ministries of Tanzania
seat of the National Assembly of Tanzania
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1120 metres
about 3675 feet
formerCapitalWas Dar es Salaam
formerColonialPower Germany
United Kingdom
foundingPeriod early 20th century
governingBody Dodoma self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dodoma Municipal Council
hasAirport Dodoma Airport
hasParliamentBuilding Bunge la Tanzania
hasRelief plateau landscape
hasUniversity University of Dodoma
isCapitalOf Tanzania
isSeatOf Dodoma Region administration
koppenClimateClassification BSh
languageMajority Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
locatedInCentralPartOf Tanzania
locatedInRegion Dodoma Region
majorRoadConnection Tanzam Highway
Trunk road T5
officialLanguage English
Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
populationEstimateYear 2022
primaryEconomicActivity government services
small-scale agriculture
trade
railwayLine Central Line (Tanzania)
railwayOriginRole railway station town on the Central Line
religionMajority Christianity
religionSignificant Islam
subregion East Africa
timezone East Africa Time
transportMode railway
typicalCrops grapes
maize
millet
utcOffset +3

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tanzania capital Dodoma
Kigoma connectedByRailTo Dodoma
Dodoma governingBody Dodoma self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dodoma Municipal Council
mainland Tanzania capital Dodoma
Nyankumbu countryCapital Dodoma