[2] It is approximately 51 kilometres (32 mi), by road, northwest of Masaka, the nearest large city.

[3] The town is approximately 176 kilometres (109 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.

[6] In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimated the mid-year population of Sembabule at 6,800 people.

The UBOS calculated the average annual population growth rate between 2015 and 2020 at 2.78 percent.

Bigo bya Mugenyi, a prehistoric human settlement, dating back to the Iron Age, circa (1200–1000 BC) 5.