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Tanzania moved its parliament inland to Dodoma

Dodoma was chosen as a more central capital in the 1970s, but the transfer took decades Dar es Salaam, on the coast, had been the colonial and then the national capital. Dodoma sits in the dry centre of the country, which planners thought better for spreading development. The National Assembly moved there in 1996, while many ministries and businesses stayed behind. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Dodoma was chosen as a more central capital in the 1970s, but the transfer took decades. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.