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What is the capital of Tanzania?

DodomaOfficial · since 1996Dar es Salaam · historical, to 1996

Dar es Salaam was the capital until 1996.

Population
56,318,348
2017
Area
945,087 km²
First level
31
regions
Second level
170
districts
ISO code
TZ
Area km2
945087.0
Population
56318348

Map

Tanzania and its 30 regions, with their seatsArusha RegionCoast RegionDar es Salaam RegionDodoma RegionGeita RegionIringa RegionKagera RegionKatavi RegionKigoma RegionKilimanjaro RegionLindi RegionManyara RegionMara RegionMbeya RegionMorogoro RegionMtwara RegionMwanza RegionNjombe RegionPemba North RegionPemba South RegionRukwa RegionRuvuma RegionShinyanga RegionSimiyu RegionSingida RegionTabora RegionTanga RegionZanzibar Central/South RegionZanzibar North RegionZanzibar Urban/West Region
Dodoma

Boundaries: Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain

Regions and their capitals

sort:name/population
Arusha RegionArusha1.7 M · 7 districts
Coast RegionKibaha1.1 M · 7 districts
Dar es Salaam RegionDar es Salaam2.8 M · 3 districts
Dodoma RegionDodoma2.1 M · 7 districts
Geita RegionGeita1.7 M · 5 districts
Iringa RegionIringa941 k · 5 districts
Kagera RegionBukoba2.2 M · 8 districts
Katavi RegionMpanda565 k · 3 districts
Kigoma RegionKigoma2.1 M · 8 districts
Kilimanjaro RegionMoshi1.6 M · 7 districts
Lindi RegionLindi865 k · 6 districts
Manyara RegionBabati1.1 M · 6 districts
Mara RegionMusoma1.7 M · 7 districts
Mbeya RegionMbeya2.7 M · 6 districts
Morogoro RegionMorogoro2.2 M · 7 districts
Mtwara RegionMtwara1.3 M · 7 districts
Mwanza RegionMwanza2.8 M · 7 districts
Njombe RegionNjombe702 k · 6 districts
Pemba North RegionWete212 k · 2 districts
Pemba South RegionChake Chake195 k · 2 districts
Rukwa RegionSumbawanga1.0 M · 4 districts
Ruvuma RegionSongea1.2 M · 6 districts
Shinyanga RegionShinyanga1.5 M · 5 districts
Simiyu RegionBariadi1.6 M · 5 districts
Singida RegionSingida1.4 M · 6 districts
SongweVwawa1.2 M · 5 districts
Tabora RegionTabora2.3 M · 7 districts
Tanga RegionTanga2.0 M · 10 districts
Zanzibar Central/South RegionKoani116 k · 2 districts
Zanzibar North RegionMkokotoni187 k · 2 districts
Zanzibar Urban/West RegionZanzibar594 k · 2 districts

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