Ishaka is located in Igara County, in Bushenyi District, approximately 62 kilometres (39 mi), by road, west of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region.

[2] This is about 6 kilometres (4 mi), west of Bushenyi, the location of the district headquarters.

[4] Ishaka is a town in Igara County, in Bushenyi District.

Together with the neighboring town of Bushenyi, it forms the Bushenyi-Ishaka Metropolitan Area.

[5] In 2014, the national census put the population of Bushenyi, including Ishaka, at 41,063.