The area of the district is 9,554 square kilometres (3,689 sq mi).

The Pungwe River makes the border with Gondola District.

[1] The climate in the west of the district is tropical wet and dry, with the annual rainfall varying between 800 millimetres (31 in) and 1,000 millimetres (39 in).

[1] In the district, there are 2,000 farms which have on average 2.0 hectares (0.0077 sq mi) of land.

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