Mayuge District was established by an act of parliament in 2000 and it’s located in the eastern region of Uganda. The headquarters are situated in Mayuge Town council 120km from Kampala the capital city and 40km from Jinja. It’s bordered by Iganga in the north Jinja in the west, Bugiri in the east and Lake Victoria in the south which is shared by Mukono, district, Bugiri, Mayuge itself and Jinja city.
Administrative structure
Mayuge district is sub divided into 12 Subcounties and Four town council namely: - Baitambogwe, Buwaya, Malongo, Kigandalo, Imanyiro, Kityerera, Bukatube, Mpungwe, Bukabooli, Jagusi, Wairasa, Busakira and Mayuge, Magamaga, Bugadde and Bwondha Town councils. These Lower Local Governments form 3 constituencies i.e. Bunya East which is composed of Kigandalo, Bukabooli, Mpungwe and Buwaya sub counties, Bunya south which is composed of Malongo, Jagusi, Busakira and Kityerera while Bunya west is composed of Imanyiro, Bukatube, Wairasa Mayuge town council and Baitambogwe sub counties. There are 84 parishes and 493 villages as shown in the table below:
| SUBCOUNTY | PARISHES | VILLAGES |
| BAITAMBOGWE | 8 | 32 |
| BUGADDE TC | 4 | 17 |
| BUKABOOLI | 6 | 43 |
| BUKATUBE | 5 | 39 |
| BUSAKIRA | 5 | 31 |
| BUWAAYA | 5 | 25 |
| BWONDHA TC | 6 | 22 |
| IMANYIRO | 5 | 32 |
| JAGUZI | 6 | 27 |
| KIGANDALO | 6 | 46 |
| MAGAMAGA TC | 4 | 19 |
| MALONGO | 6 | 63 |
| MAYUGE T.C | 4 | 16 |
| MPUNGWE | 5 | 27 |
| WAIRASA | 4 | 17 |
| TOTAL | 84 | 493 |