The territory has an estimated area of 24,500 square kilometres (9,500 sq mi) and a population of almost 610,000.

[2] On 1 August 2007 a mob of demonstrators assaulted United Nations military observers and damaged offices belonging to the UNHCR and sister agencies.

The United Nations withdrew from the town and ceased repatriation of refugees living in Zambia.

[2] The territory contains the following chiefdoms or sectors:[5] Lake Tanganyika is of great importance as a source of fish.

Crops include corn, beans, cassava, potato, wheat, rice, sweet potatoes, sorghum, coffee, Eleusine, onions, garlic, peas, peanut, tomato, banana, sugarcane, different types of fruit trees and palm oil.