The area of the district is 17,108 square kilometres (6,605 sq mi).

All major rivers in the district belong to the drainage basin of the Zambezi.

[1] In the district, there are 13,000 farms which have on average 1.0 hectare (0.0039 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] There is a road network in the district which is 604 kilometres (375 mi) long and includes a 110 kilometres (68 mi) stretch of the national road EN221.