[2] Busolwe is approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi), by road, southwest of Butaleja, the location of the district headquarters.

[3] This is about 49 kilometres (30 mi), by road, southwest of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda.

[4] Busolwe is located approximately 236 kilometres (147 mi) northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital city.

[6] Busolwe Town Council sits at an average elevation of 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) above mean sea level.

UBOS calculated the population growth rate of Busolwe Municipality to average 3.56 percent annually between 2015 and 2020.