The area of the district is 5,653 square kilometres (2,183 sq mi).

The area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Limpopo, though rivers in the interior are seasonal.

[1] In the district, there are 33,000 farms which have on average 2.2 hectares (0.0085 sq mi) of land.

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

Population of cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats was steadily growing prior to 2005.