What is the capital city of Tanzania?

Dodoma is a city in eastern Africa, some 300 miles (480 km) inland (west) from the Indian Ocean, and has been Tanzania's national capital since 1974 (pending full transfer of formal powers from Dar es Salaam). Located in a thinly inhabited agricultural area at a height of 3,720 feet (1,135 meters), it serves as a market center for sorghum, castor beans, sunflower seeds, gum, peanuts (groundnuts), rice, wheat, corn (maize), coffee, tea, and tobacco. In the northern portion of the area, sisal and coffee are grown, while cattle rearing is significant everywhere. Dodoma is connected to Arusha, Dar es Salaam, and Tanga via train, road, and air. 

Although the national capital was supposed to be moved from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma in the early 1980s and finished in 2005, only the legislature met there regularly at that time. The majority of the population works in agriculture, and small-scale farming is practiced close to residential areas. The Gogo, Sanawe, Rangi, and Burungi peoples make up the majority of the population of Dodoma. Industries make oil, soap, milled rice and wheat, processed foods, drinks, wood and furniture, and more. 

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