The area of the district is 8,660 square kilometres (3,340 sq mi).

The average rainfall in the district is unknown; the average annual rainfall in Tete, which is the closest meteorological station to the district, is 644 millimetres (25.4 in).

[1] In the district, there are 29,000 farms which have on average 1.0 hectare (0.0039 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] There is a road network in the district which is 482 kilometres (300 mi) long and includes a 120 kilometres (75 mi) stretch of the national road EN103.