The district headquarters are located approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Kumi, the nearest large town.

[1] It lies approximately 230 kilometres (140 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda.

[3][4][5] Ngora District was established on 1 July 2010 by the Ugandan parliament.

[7][8] Apolot Stella Isodo is the parliamentary Woman representative for Ngora District.

The annual population growth rate in the district has been calculated at 4.5 percent.