[1] The District headquarters at Kaberamaido lies approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) by road, west of Soroti, the largest city in the sub-region.

[2] It lies approximately 215 kilometres (134 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the nation's largest city.

Kaberamaido District is the main area of the Kumam people.

These two ethnicities respectively, speak Kumam and Ateso languages and are of the Nilotic family.

These include, the Acholi, Bagwere, Bakenyi, Baruli, Mening, Basoga, Baganda and Alur.