[3] The Mugamba region has the geological particularity of being a sharing zone of the hydrographic basins of the two largest rivers in Africa: the Congo and the Nile.

The mountainous area experiences a significant annual rainy cycle (between 1300 and 2300 mm /year) with a peak in precipitation observed in September.

The dimension of the house is determined by the size of a person lengthened on the ground, extending their right hand outward.

A stake having to be used for the tracing of the diameter of the house is then fixed at the end of the finger (the major one).

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on May 9, 2007, in the Cultural category.