Founded | 2019 as Dodoma Jiji FC |
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Ground | Jamhuri Stadium (Dodoma) |
Capacity | 30,000 |
League | Tanzanian Premier League |
2023–24 | Tanzanian Premier League, 12th of 16 |
Dodoma Jiji Football Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dodoma City.
The club won promotion to the Tanzanian Premier League for the 2020–21 season. [1]
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Dodoma Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Dodoma. Dodoma is located in central Tanzania, bordered by Singida region to the west, Manyara region to the north, Iringa region to the south, and Morogoro region to the east. Dodoma region hosts the nation's capital city, where the legislative assembly of Bunge is based. Dodoma region also hosts one of the largest universities in Tanzania: University of Dodoma. The region is the home of the Tanzanian wine industry, which is the second largest wine industry on the continent after South Africa. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 3,085,625; in the 2012 national census, the population was 2,083,588.
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