[2] Mubende is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi), by road, west of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and its largest city.

[5] Mubende Town sits at an average elevation of 1,408 metres (4,619 ft) above mean sea level.

[7] The site, located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) outside of the town's central business district, is marked by the Nakayima Tree.

Large root buttresses, which form nooks and fissures, lie at the base of the tree.

[8] The shrine is visited by people paying homage to the matriarch Nakayima of the Bachwezi, believed to be semi-gods, whose dynasty ruled this region in the period prior to 1300 AD.

The headquarters of the Tiger Battalion of the Uganda People's Defence Force, located in the western part of the town 6.