Dodoma, population 324,347 (2002 census), is the official capital of Tanzania and also the capital of the Dodoma Region

Dodoma Region lies at 4o to 7o latitude South and 35o – 37o longitude East. It is a region centrally positioned in Tanzania and is bordered by four regions namely: Manyara in the North, Morogoro in the East, Iringa in the South and Singida in the West. Much of the region is a plateau rising gradually from some 830 metres in Bahi Swamps to 2000 metres above sea level in the highlands north of Kondoa
The region was established in 1963 consisting of three rural districts and one Township Authority. To date, Dodoma region has four rural districts and one urban District namely: Dodoma-Rural, Kondoa, Mpwapwa, Kongwa and Dodoma Urban. The region is the 12th largest in the country and covers an area of 41,310 sq. km equivalent to 5% of the total area of Tanzania Mainland
The region is almost entirely dependent on agriculture and livestock production, which are locally practiced, largely at household level. There is small-scale processing of agricultural and livestock products. Agriculture is characterised by low productivity resulting from low and erratic rainfall, high evapo-transpiration and low moisture holding capacity
The Regional average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices is Tshs, 262.955 billion (2001) which is about 3.5% annual contribution to the national GDP, ranking twelfth Region in Tanzania mainland , from fourteenth position in 1991 when the Regional GDP was Tshs 34.4 billion