{"id":39,"date":"2024-04-03T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/tanzania\/?p=39"},"modified":"2026-08-01T00:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T00:13:32","slug":"dodoma-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/tanzania\/dodoma-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodoma Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dodoma Region (Swahili: Mkoa wa Dodoma) sits at the centre of Tanzania and contains Dodoma city, the national capital. The region recorded a population of 3,085,625 at the 2022 census, up from 2,083,588 in 2012. Tanzania’s National Assembly has sat in Dodoma since 1996, and the last central government ministries completed the move from Dar es Salaam in 2016.<\/p>\n

Districts of Dodoma Region<\/h2>\n

Dodoma Region is administered through eight councils covering seven districts. Kondoa is the exception: it has both a town council and a rural district council. Populations below are from the 2022 census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
District<\/th>\nCouncil type<\/th>\nPopulation (2022 census)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dodoma<\/td>\nCity council<\/td>\n765,179<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chamwino<\/td>\nDistrict council<\/td>\n486,176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kongwa<\/td>\nDistrict council<\/td>\n443,867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpwapwa<\/td>\nDistrict council<\/td>\n403,247<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemba<\/td>\nDistrict council<\/td>\n339,333<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahi<\/td>\nDistrict council<\/td>\n322,526<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kondoa Rural<\/td>\nDistrict council<\/td>\n244,854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kondoa Town<\/td>\nTown council<\/td>\n80,443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Towns and Villages in Dodoma Region<\/h2>\n

The settlements below are grouped by district. Dodoma is the regional and national capital; Kibaigwa, Kondoa, Mpwapwa, Kibakwe and Msanga are the other centres with recorded town populations. Kondoa Town and Kondoa Rural councils are listed together under Kondoa.<\/p>\n

Dodoma City<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Babala<\/li>\n
  • Chahwa<\/li>\n
  • Chihanga<\/li>\n
  • Chihoni<\/li>\n
  • Dodoma<\/li>\n
  • Hombolo<\/li>\n
  • Ihumwa<\/li>\n
  • Ilindi<\/li>\n
  • Ipala<\/li>\n
  • Kididimu<\/li>\n
  • Kikombo<\/li>\n
  • Kikuyu<\/li>\n
  • Kilunguru<\/li>\n
  • Kisasa<\/li>\n
  • Makutapora<\/li>\n
  • Matangisi<\/li>\n
  • Matumbulu<\/li>\n
  • Mohanga<\/li>\n
  • Msachire<\/li>\n
  • Msamalo<\/li>\n
  • Msimbe<\/li>\n
  • Nala<\/li>\n
  • Nguji<\/li>\n
  • Ngulabi<\/li>\n
  • Nkongontha<\/li>\n
  • Nkuhungu<\/li>\n
  • Ntyuka<\/li>\n
  • Nzinge<\/li>\n
  • Samora Avenue<\/li>\n
  • Zipisa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Bahi<\/h3>\n
      \n
    • Babaiyo<\/li>\n
    • Bahi<\/li>\n
    • Busaka<\/li>\n
    • Busi<\/li>\n
    • Chale<\/li>\n
    • Chiguluka<\/li>\n
    • Chikopelo<\/li>\n
    • Chila Chibi<\/li>\n
    • Halo<\/li>\n
    • Huzi<\/li>\n
    • Ibihwa<\/li>\n
    • Imbo<\/li>\n
    • Kasera<\/li>\n
    • Kidiro<\/li>\n
    • Kigwe<\/li>\n
    • Kikola<\/li>\n
    • Kimpindu<\/li>\n
    • Kinangali<\/li>\n
    • Kinyambwa<\/li>\n
    • Kipanga<\/li>\n
    • Kisalalo<\/li>\n
    • Kitatalo<\/li>\n
    • Kolokonda<\/li>\n
    • Kongogo<\/li>\n
    • Kubankoro<\/li>\n
    • Luatu<\/li>\n
    • Magaga<\/li>\n
    • Maganga<\/li>\n
    • Makanda<\/li>\n
    • Makulu<\/li>\n
    • Malungu<\/li>\n
    • Mapanga<\/li>\n
    • Mchito<\/li>\n
    • Meia Meia<\/li>\n
    • Mgondo<\/li>\n
    • Mihembe<\/li>\n
    • Msangani<\/li>\n
    • Msisi<\/li>\n
    • Mtita<\/li>\n
    • Muhele<\/li>\n
    • Mundemu<\/li>\n
    • Mwitikira<\/li>\n
    • Nkhome<\/li>\n
    • Nondwa<\/li>\n
    • Nyamare<\/li>\n
    • Pasuta Msui<\/li>\n
    • Simba Chinzachi<\/li>\n
    • Usawanga<\/li>\n
    • Zangha<\/li>\n
    • Zozoichi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Chamwino<\/h3>\n
        \n
      • Buigiri<\/li>\n
      • Chibole<\/li>\n
      • Chibwegele<\/li>\n
      • Chibwi<\/li>\n
      • Chihunungu<\/li>\n
      • Chikuyu<\/li>\n
      • Chilambo<\/li>\n
      • Chilonwa<\/li>\n
      • Chinangali<\/li>\n
      • Chiona<\/li>\n
      • Dzega<\/li>\n
      • Handali<\/li>\n
      • Haneti<\/li>\n
      • Humekwa<\/li>\n
      • Idifu<\/li>\n
      • Idugala<\/li>\n
      • Ihimbwa<\/li>\n
      • Ikowa<\/li>\n
      • Ilangali<\/li>\n
      • Iringa-Mvumi<\/li>\n
      • Itiso<\/li>\n
      • Kambaku<\/li>\n
      • Kidachi<\/li>\n
      • Kinangulu<\/li>\n
      • Logi<\/li>\n
      • Madulwe<\/li>\n
      • Maduma<\/li>\n
      • Makangwa-Makulu<\/li>\n
      • Manyeche<\/li>\n
      • Mati<\/li>\n
      • Mbuyuni<\/li>\n
      • Mgunga<\/li>\n
      • Mlazo<\/li>\n
      • Mleha<\/li>\n
      • Mlowa<\/li>\n
      • Mlowa Bwawani<\/li>\n
      • Msanga<\/li>\n
      • Mvumi<\/li>\n
      • Nachenga<\/li>\n
      • Nkaheleze<\/li>\n
      • Pelemehe<\/li>\n
      • Sasajila<\/li>\n
      • Segala<\/li>\n
      • Solowu<\/li>\n
      • Tabani<\/li>\n
      • Zagilwa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Chemba<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • Aimba<\/li>\n
        • Araa<\/li>\n
        • Birise<\/li>\n
        • Chambalo<\/li>\n
        • Chandama<\/li>\n
        • Churuku<\/li>\n
        • Dedu<\/li>\n
        • Farkwa<\/li>\n
        • Goima<\/li>\n
        • Gonga<\/li>\n
        • Gungi<\/li>\n
        • Handa<\/li>\n
        • Ilase<\/li>\n
        • Jangalo<\/li>\n
        • Katsuba<\/li>\n
        • Kelema<\/li>\n
        • Kesi<\/li>\n
        • Kinyamsindo<\/li>\n
        • Kolumbiri<\/li>\n
        • Komasi<\/li>\n
        • Kurio<\/li>\n
        • Kwa Mtoro<\/li>\n
        • Lalta<\/li>\n
        • Lifatico<\/li>\n
        • Machiga<\/li>\n
        • Magasa<\/li>\n
        • Majimalolo<\/li>\n
        • Makorongo<\/li>\n
        • Mengo<\/li>\n
        • Mondo<\/li>\n
        • Moto<\/li>\n
        • Mrijo<\/li>\n
        • Mswakini<\/li>\n
        • Ovada<\/li>\n
        • Pembea<\/li>\n
        • Poro<\/li>\n
        • Sanzawa<\/li>\n
        • Tandala<\/li>\n
        • Toncolo<\/li>\n
        • Tumbakose<\/li>\n
        • Waida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Kondoa<\/h3>\n
            \n
          • Ausia<\/li>\n
          • Berabera<\/li>\n
          • Bereku<\/li>\n
          • Bicha<\/li>\n
          • Bolisa<\/li>\n
          • Bonga<\/li>\n
          • Bukulu<\/li>\n
          • Busi<\/li>\n
          • Chemchem<\/li>\n
          • Chubi<\/li>\n
          • Chungai<\/li>\n
          • Disa<\/li>\n
          • Haubi<\/li>\n
          • Hurui<\/li>\n
          • Isabe<\/li>\n
          • Itundwi<\/li>\n
          • Kikore<\/li>\n
          • Kingali<\/li>\n
          • Kinyasi<\/li>\n
          • Kipungu<\/li>\n
          • Kolo<\/li>\n
          • Kondoa<\/li>\n
          • Kuuta<\/li>\n
          • Masange<\/li>\n
          • Mkuku<\/li>\n
          • Mnenya<\/li>\n
          • Mongoroma<\/li>\n
          • Pahi<\/li>\n
          • Piriri<\/li>\n
          • Sambwa<\/li>\n
          • Serya<\/li>\n
          • Soro<\/li>\n
          • Suruki<\/li>\n
          • Tumbelo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Kongwa<\/h3>\n
              \n
            • Chamkoroma<\/li>\n
            • Chikole<\/li>\n
            • Hogoro<\/li>\n
            • Ibumila<\/li>\n
            • Ibwaga<\/li>\n
            • Iduo<\/li>\n
            • Kibaigwa<\/li>\n
            • Kongwa<\/li>\n
            • Manungu<\/li>\n
            • Mautia<\/li>\n
            • Mbagilwa<\/li>\n
            • Mlali<\/li>\n
            • Njoge<\/li>\n
            • Pandambili<\/li>\n
            • Sagara<\/li>\n
            • Sejeli<\/li>\n
            • Suguta<\/li>\n
            • Tubugwe<\/li>\n
            • Zoissa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Mpwapwa<\/h3>\n
                \n
              • Berege<\/li>\n
              • Chamganga<\/li>\n
              • Chamolutse<\/li>\n
              • Chibechwa Nguta<\/li>\n
              • Chinyanghuku<\/li>\n
              • Chipogolo<\/li>\n
              • Chisokwe<\/li>\n
              • Chomwino<\/li>\n
              • Chunyu<\/li>\n
              • Fufuko<\/li>\n
              • Galigali<\/li>\n
              • Godegode<\/li>\n
              • Gulwe<\/li>\n
              • Ifwambo<\/li>\n
              • Igode<\/li>\n
              • Igoje<\/li>\n
              • Ihwa<\/li>\n
              • Ikuyu<\/li>\n
              • Ilole<\/li>\n
              • Ipera<\/li>\n
              • Irondo<\/li>\n
              • Iyoma<\/li>\n
              • Kamba<\/li>\n
              • Kibakwe<\/li>\n
              • Kidabaga<\/li>\n
              • Kidenge<\/li>\n
              • Kiderega<\/li>\n
              • Kidevu<\/li>\n
              • Kimaga<\/li>\n
              • Kinsasi<\/li>\n
              • Kinusi<\/li>\n
              • Kinyika<\/li>\n
              • Kirambo<\/li>\n
              • Kisima<\/li>\n
              • Kitala<\/li>\n
              • Kivindi<\/li>\n
              • Lufu<\/li>\n
              • Lufusi<\/li>\n
              • Lughundwa<\/li>\n
              • Luhomero<\/li>\n
              • Lukole<\/li>\n
              • Lutalawe<\/li>\n
              • Lutwina<\/li>\n
              • Mafwemiro<\/li>\n
              • Makose<\/li>\n
              • Mangalisa<\/li>\n
              • Massa<\/li>\n
              • Matonga<\/li>\n
              • Mbaga<\/li>\n
              • Mboga<\/li>\n
              • Mbongwa<\/li>\n
              • Mima<\/li>\n
              • Mkofwa<\/li>\n
              • Mlunduzi<\/li>\n
              • Motule<\/li>\n
              • Mpaka<\/li>\n
              • Mpwapwa<\/li>\n
              • Msagali<\/li>\n
              • Mtera<\/li>\n
              • Mukue<\/li>\n
              • Mulangali<\/li>\n
              • Mzase<\/li>\n
              • Nandala<\/li>\n
              • Nghambi<\/li>\n
              • Nyandu<\/li>\n
              • Nzungiro<\/li>\n
              • Pwaga<\/li>\n
              • Rudi<\/li>\n
              • Sangalawe<\/li>\n
              • Sindai<\/li>\n
              • Teming\u2019ombe<\/li>\n
              • Winza<\/li>\n
              • Wota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Other localities<\/h3>\n
                  \n
                • Chimande<\/li>\n
                • Gombwe<\/li>\n
                • Iwimbi<\/li>\n
                • Mbulamtwango<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Geography<\/h2>\n

                  Dodoma Region covers 41,311 km\u00b2, the eighth largest of Tanzania’s 31 regions, and holds about 75 people per km\u00b2. It borders Singida Region to the west, Manyara Region to the north, Morogoro Region to the east and Iringa Region to the south. Dodoma city stands roughly 480 km inland from the Indian Ocean coast.<\/p>\n

                  Most of the region is a semi-arid plateau between 800 and 1,200 m above sea level. The Rubeho Mountains rise along the eastern edge in Mpwapwa District, and the highest point, Lugunga, reaches 2,352 m. The Bahi Swamp in the west and the Shuriro Swamp collect seasonal drainage that never reaches the sea. Rain falls in one season, November to May, and totals 500 to 800 mm a year. July temperatures average about 15 degrees Celsius and October about 30 degrees Celsius, with wide swings between day and night.<\/p>\n

                  Economy and Local Life<\/h2>\n

                  Around 84 percent of households in Dodoma Region farm. Sorghum and bulrush millet suit the short rains better than maize, though maize is still planted widely. Groundnuts, sesame and sunflower are the main cash crops, and sunflower oil pressing accounts for roughly a fifth of the region’s industrial output. Maize milling accounts for more than half.<\/p>\n

                  Dodoma is Tanzania’s wine country. Vineyards concentrate around Dodoma city, Hombolo and Bahi, and the region grows the large majority of the national grape crop. Cattle, goats and sheep are the second economic pillar, kept in numbers across Chamwino, Chemba and Kongwa. Kibaigwa in Kongwa District runs one of the largest maize markets in central Tanzania, drawing traders from Morogoro, Manyara and Dar es Salaam.<\/p>\n

                  The Gogo are the largest ethnic group across Chamwino, Bahi and Mpwapwa, with the Rangi in Kondoa and Chemba and the Kaguru in eastern Mpwapwa. Kondoa District holds the Kondoa rock art sites, a group of painted shelters around Kolo listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006. Dodoma town itself grew as a station on the German colonial Central Railway, which reached it in 1910.<\/p>\n

                  Getting There<\/h2>\n

                  Two trunk roads meet at Dodoma. The T3 runs from Dar es Salaam through Morogoro and Dodoma on to Singida, Nzega and the Rwanda and Burundi borders. The T5 heads south from Dodoma to Iringa. The regional road network runs to about 8,183 km in total.<\/p>\n

                  The Central Line railway crosses the region east to west with nine stations, including Dodoma, Bahi, Kintinku and Saranda. Dodoma Airport serves the city with scheduled domestic flights, and four airstrips serve outlying districts.<\/p>\n

                  FAQ<\/h2>\n

                  How many districts are in Dodoma Region?<\/h3>\n

                  Seven districts, administered through eight councils: Dodoma City, Chamwino, Kongwa, Mpwapwa, Chemba, Bahi, Kondoa Rural and Kondoa Town.<\/p>\n

                  What is the population of Dodoma Region?<\/h3>\n

                  The 2022 census recorded a population of 3,085,625, compared with 2,083,588 in 2012.<\/p>\n

                  What is the capital of Dodoma Region?<\/h3>\n

                  Dodoma city, which is also the national capital of Tanzania. Its council area held a population of 765,179 in 2022.<\/p>\n

                  Is Dodoma the capital of Tanzania?<\/h3>\n

                  Yes. Dodoma was designated the national capital in 1973, the National Assembly moved there in 1996, and the central government completed its relocation from Dar es Salaam in 2016.<\/p>\n

                  What villages are in Dodoma Region?<\/h3>\n

                  The list above covers close to 300 towns and villages across all seven districts, from Chikuyu and Haneti in Chamwino to Farkwa and Kwa Mtoro in Chemba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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