The area of the district is 6,977 square kilometres (2,694 sq mi).

[1] The climate of the district is tropical humid in the east, close to the coast, and tropical semi-arid dry in the interior.

[1] In the district, there are 13,000 farms which have on average 1.9 hectares (0.0073 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] There is a road network in the district which is 435 kilometres (270 mi) long and includes a 202 kilometres (126 mi) stretch of the national road EN1, which crosses the district from south to north.