[2] Pader is bordered by Pajule to the north, Parabong to the northeast, Lira Palwo to the east, Puranga to the south, and Awere to the west.

[3] Pader is approximately 133 kilometres (83 mi), by road, east of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.

The town soon became a center of foreign relief agencies assisting the civilian population affected by the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency.

It was calculated that the population of the town increased at an average annual rate of 1.9 percent, between 2015 and 2020.

[9]The following additional points of interest lie within or near the town of Pader: