The area of the district is 3,542 square kilometres (1,368 sq mi).

[1] In the early colonial times, the area belonged to the Territory of Manica and Sofala.

In 1891, the territory was split into three smaller divisions, and the area was transferred into one of them, Sena Circunscrição.

[1] In the district, there are 17,000 farms which have on average 1.3 hectares (0.0050 sq mi) of land.

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