The area of the district is 3,797 square kilometres (1,466 sq mi).

[2] The Changane River, a major left tributary of the Limpopo River, marks the border of the district with Chibuto District.

[1] In the district, there are 38,000 farms which have on average 2.4 hectares (0.0093 sq mi) of land.

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

Population of cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats was steadily growing prior to 2005.