Dodoma, population 324,347 (2002 census), is the official capital of Tanzania and also the capital of the Dodoma (region). The capital district has a land area of 2.576 km².

In the mid-1970s, 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. Dodoma