[3] Ulanga District is bordered to the north and west by the Kilombero District, to the east by the Lindi Region and to the south by the Ruvuma Region.

[4][5] The Wapogoro are the majority ethnic group in Ulanga District.

[3] Most people are employed in herding and subsistence farming, although there is some traditional fishing.

There is one gravelled airstrip located in the Selous Game Reserve.

[3] Ulanga District is administratively divided into twenty-one wards:[7]