[2] Moroto is approximately 316 kilometres (196 mi) east of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.

[3] It is about 271 kilometres (168 mi), by road, northeast of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda.

[4] Moroto is located approximately 528 kilometres (328 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.

[10] The additional points of interest lie within the town limits or near the edges of town: (1) the offices of Moroto Town Council (2) Mount Moroto, rising to an elevation of 3,083 metres (10,115 ft) about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of town (3) Moroto central market (4) a branch of the National Social Security Fund (5) Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, a 200-bed regional referral hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health (6) a branch of Centenary Bank and (7) a branch of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited.

(8) the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto, headed by Bishop Damiano Giulio Guzzetti.