[3] This is about 154 kilometres (96 mi), north of Mbarara, the largest town in the Western Region of Uganda.

[4] Bihanga is approximately 303 kilometres (188 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

[7] Bihanga lies on the old, dysfunctional metre-gauge railway, from Kampala to Kasese, that was built by the British colonialists in the 1950s.

[9][10][11] Bihanga is located near Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement, approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi), by road, north of town.

[12] The town is served by Rwamwanja Health Centre III, administered by the Ibanda District Administration.