It lies between latitudes 00⁰-25⁰South and 00⁰ -15⁰ North and longitudes 00^{0 _} 34⁰ East and 00^{0 _} 35⁰ East with an average altitude of 1,150m above sea level.  Masaka District Headquarters are situated in Masaka City under Nyendo – Mukungwe Division, in Ssaza Local Council and it stretches to Kamugombwa – Namasenene Local Council One. 

Masaka District is made up of four sub-counties that is Kyanamukaka, Kyesiiga, Buwunga and Bukakata. The headquarters of the district are to be set in one of the sub-counties of the district. Masaka District is situated about 179 Kms from Kampala, 96 kms from the Equator and 35 kms from Masaka City, with an average altitude of 1150m above sea level. Sembabule boarders the District in the North, Lyantonde in the North West, Bukomansimbi in the North East, Masaka City in the East, Kyotera and Rakai in the south.  

Historical Profile:

District Local Government was further carved off two more Lower Local Government i.e. Mukungwe and Kabonera LLGs plus other two Parishes from Buwunga S/C together with Former Masaka Municipality to compose Masaka City starting from 1^st July 2021. The Newly created district is composed of Only Four “04” Lower Local Governments, 18 Parishes and 182 Villages with no Municipality neither Town Council as per to date. 

Demographic Characteristics

The district currently has a total population of 2,007,700 with a growth rate of 4.1%. The population density is 700 persons per square kilometer. The ratio of male to female is 90 males per 100 females.

Administrative structure

Masaka District Local Government, administratively, has only One County namely, is Bukoto. Further, the district has a total of only Four (04) sub-counties, 18 Parishes and 182 Villages.

On addition to that, Masaka District is composed of both technicalstaff and political wing that is composed of statutory bodies.

Cultural units in Masaka District: 

Masaka District is located in the Central region whereby majority of the people in Masaka District are Baganda (76.8%); followed by Banyankole (8.7%), Banyarwanda (7.7%) while others following. Therefore, Buganda culture is most highly practiced in the District. Masaka consists of various cultural sites that depict people; Royal to their King (Kabaka) e.g. Palaces, totem sites of different clans, caves which were as a result of water’s movements downward and upward warping for Lake Victoria as well very big stones that have resisted water erosion for so many years.