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So far as I can tell, Hacker Dojo is one particular place in the Bay Area. Do others exist in other areas?

Some people I know are trying to get one started in Cape Town (South Africa) modeled on the bay area one.

Yes, perhaps "dojo" is a term for the Bay Area ones, but there are other groups across the country where people get together to code collaboratively.

Actually, the more common name is hackerspace (or hackspace), and they are quite common all over the world: