Morogoro is a city with a population of 315,866 (2012 census) in the southern highlands of
Tanzania, west of
Dar es Salaam, the country's largest city and commercial centre, and east of
Dodoma, the country's capital city. Morogoro is the capital of the
Morogoro Region. It is also known informally as "Mji kasoro bahari", which translates as "city short of an ocean/port".