It lies on the eastern slope of Mount Kita (Bambara: "Kita-kulu"), known for its caves and rock paintings.

Today, the town is known for its music, its annual Roman Catholic pilgrimage and its role as a processing center for the surrounding cotton- and peanut-growing region.

The second settlement was attributed to a Guinea trader, Siema Toloba Kamara, who created a village called "Fatali.

Later, Siema Toloba Kamara and Diouna Tounkara allied with each other to form a new village called "Linguékoto".

[citation needed] Kita has a fairly dry tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with a hot to sweltering and arid dry season from November to late May and a hot, steamy wet season from late May to October.