[2] Kaabong is located approximately 186 kilometres (116 mi), by road, northwest of Moroto, the largest city in the Karamoja sub-region.

[3] This is approximately 542 kilometres (337 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.

In 2020, the statistics agency estimates the mid-year population of Kaabong Town Council at 13,400 inhabitants.

UBOS calculated that the population of Kaabong Town expanded at an average rate of 2.6 percent every year between 2015 and 2020.

Simon Lokodo was the parish priest here before he was elected to parliament to represent Dodoth County in this district, in 2006.