The area of the district is 815 square kilometres (315 sq mi).

[1] The area was administered by the Portuguese since 1895, and was subordinated to Matola.

[1] In the district, there are 14,000 farms which have on average 0.8 hectares (0.0031 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] Boane is served by a railway station on the Goba railway, which connects with the city of Goba (west) and Matola (east).