[4] Kampala, the national capital and largest city in the country lies approximately 321 kilometres (199 mi), by road to the north-east of Bushenyi.
[6] The 2002 the national census enumerated the combined population of Bushenyi-Ishaka Metropolitan Area at 37,664.
UBOS calculated that the population of this town expanded at an average rate of 1.01 percent annually, between 2014 and 2020.
[6] The Western Campus of Kampala International University, including its 500-bed teaching hospital, are located here.
[8] Other notable educational institutions include Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School, a residential all-girls middle and high school and Uganda Technical College, Bushenyi.