The area of the district is 2,306 square kilometres (890 sq mi).

[1] There is a coastal forest, the Dondo forest (19°36'S 34°44'E), near the main road (EN 6) to Zimbabwe and 25 miles north of Beira with a species rich flora and fauna, including the eastern green-backed honeyguide, white-chested alethe, Böhm's spinetail, black-headed apalis, speckle-throated woodpecker, red-winged prinia, east coast akalat, violet-backed sunbird and olive-headed weaver.

[1] In the district, there are 26,000 farms which have on average 0.8 hectares (0.0031 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] Dondo is an important railway node and is connected by railways with Beira, Manica and Tete Provinces, as well as Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.