[1] This location lies approximately 436 kilometres (271 mi), by road, northwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.

[2] The district lies on the southern bank of the White Nile, just before it flows into South Sudan.

The 2002 national census estimated the district population at about 202,300 people, of whom 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female.

The annual district population growth rate has been determined to be 6.5%, between 2002 and 2012.

[3] Since 1991, the district has been host to refugee settlements, including Baratuku, Mungula II and the Maaji refugee settlements, housing successive waves of people displaced from South Sudan.