The entire municipality belongs to Aukštaitija ethnographic region.

There are 10 towns in Ukmergė municipality: Deltuva, Lyduokiai, Pabaiskas, Siesikai, Šešuoliai, Taujėnai, Vepriai, Vidiškiai, Želva and Žemaitkiemis.

The ruins of one of the first Calvinist churches in Lithuania (17th century, Renaissance style) are near Deltuva.

Pabaiskas was established near the location where the Battle of Wiłkomierz between the armies led by Žygimantas Kęstutaitis and Švitrigaila took place on 1 September 1435.

The first president of the independent Lithuanian state Antanas Smetona was born in Užulėnis, now in Ukmergė District.