[1] It is bordered to the east by Dar es Salaam Region's Ilala and Ubungo Municipal Councils.

[3][4] The district is divided into four administrative divisions, Mzenga, Chole, Sungwi, and Maneromango, each of which has 17 Wards and 235 hamlets.

The district's eastern portion, which includes the Sungwi division, averages 1400 to 1,600 millimetres of rain per year; the western portion, which includes the Chole and Mzenga divisions, averages 1000 millimetres.

Numerous crops can be cultivated because to the rich soil and abundant rainfall in the district.

The district has a total population of 101,598 as of the 2012 Census, 50,631 males and 50,967 females, with an annual growth rate of 2.1% and an average family size of 4 people.