The area of the district is 5,739 square kilometres (2,216 sq mi).

[1] The settlement of Gondola was developed as a station on a railroad connecting Beira and Salisbury.

[1] In the district, there are 39,000 farms which have on average 1.5 hectares (0.0058 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] A railroad connecting Beira with Machipanda and Zimbabwe crosses the district.