The area of the district is 5,387 square kilometres (2,080 sq mi).

[1] The area has been recorded in the 17th century as populated by Machavane people.

In the 19th century the state he established still existed and was paying tribute to the Zulu Kingdom.

[1] In the district, there are 7,000 farms which have on average 0.9 hectares (0.0035 sq mi) of land.

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