[citation needed] Masindi Port is located in Kiryandongo District in the Western Region of Uganda, along the western banks of the Victoria Nile, approximately 194 kilometres (121 mi), by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

[3] Masindi Port was a busy river boat docking station during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

With the decline of this mode of river transportation, Masindi Port and Butiaba have been reduced to mainly market towns.

[4] In 2009, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of Masindi Port at about 10,400.

UBOS calculated the population growth rate of the town to average 2.7 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.