The area of the district is 6,887 square kilometres (2,659 sq mi).

[1] The climate of the district is tropical humid, with the average annual rainfall being 1,135 millimetres (44.7 in).

[1] In the district, there are 14,000 farms which have on average 1.0 hectare (0.0039 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] There is a road network in the district which is 240 kilometres (150 mi) long and includes a 90 kilometres (56 mi) stretch of the national road EN222 connecting Mavudzi with the bridge over the Zambezi.