[1] Until colonial times, the area was scarcely populated, but for the railway construction people from the whole country were settled here.

[1] In the district, there are 33,000 farms which have on average 1.5 hectares (0.0058 sq mi) of land.

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

[1] There is a road network in the district 520 kilometres (320 mi) long.

It includes a stretch of the national road EN6 which connects Beira with Chimoio and the border with Zimbabwe.