Dodoma City Council is located at the south-eastern end of the Tanzania Central Plateau at an elevation of 1,200 metres above sea level with coordinates 6°10′23″S 35°44′31″E. The city council is divided into 41 wards and Mtaas (streets) and covers an area of about to 2,769 sq. km. The 41 wards are grouped into four divisions.

Currently, the population of Dodoma Municipal is estimated to be 459,350 according to Sub-National Population Projection Based on 2012 Population and Housing Census (PHC) (National Bureau of Statistics, 2012). The projected population density for the Municipality in 2017 was 166 persons per sq.km.

Most of the safely managed excreta (27%) originates from FS contained but not emptied from onsite systems located in areas of low groundwater pollution risk (17%). These tanks and pits have not yet filled, and the situation is therefore temporary. When these pits and tanks fill, improvements to emptying, transport and treatment services will be required. The balance (73%) of excreta are unsafely managed. Most of which is from FS not contained and not emptied from unsafe pits (24%), FS emptied but not delivered to treatment (17%) and FS delivered to treatment but not treated (15%), WW delivered to treatment but not treated (9%), and open defecation (9%).

• Prepared by: GFA
• Date of production: 02/02/2024
• Last update: 02/02/2024