In the south, the district is bounded by the Indian Ocean.

The area of the district is 2,157 square kilometres (833 sq mi).

The district has a tourist potential, due to relative proximity to Maputo.

[1] In the district, there are 30,000 farms with, on average 1.5 hectares (0.0058 sq mi) of land.

The main agricultural products are corn, cassava, cowpea, peanut, and sweet potato.