[2] Mityana is approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi), by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

Mityana is about halfway between Kampala and Mubende, along an all-weather tarmac highway that links Uganda's capital with the city of Fort Portal in the Western Region.

[6] As of January 2020, Mityana town covers an area of 263 square kilometres (102 sq mi).

The plateau landscape is advantageous to real estate developers because they do not incur many expenses for clearance of building sites.

In July 2013, the town was added to the list of urban centers serviced by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation.

The headquarters of Kolping Mityana Women's Project, a Tier IV financial institution[10] 6.

Lake Wamala, with the northern shores located approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of downtown Mityana 7.