[2] Butaleja is located approximately 42.5 kilometres (26 mi) southwest of Mbale, the largest city in Uganda's Eastern Region.

[4] Butaleja is located about 254 kilometres (158 mi) northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.

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

[7] In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimates the town's population at 5,500.

UBOS calculated the population growth rate of Butaleja Town to average 3.51 percent, annually, between 2015 and 2020.