[3] The district is home to Tanjung Piai, the southernmost point of the Malay Peninsula and mainland Eurasia as a whole.

[7] The main economic activities in the district are agriculture, construction, ecotourism, fishery and marine and food processing industries.

The former includes pineapple farms and palm oil plantations, which are mainly focused in the town of Pekan Nanas.

[8][9][10] The district is accessible by bus from Larkin Sentral (Mybas Johor- T50, Maju - 96) in Johor Bahru.

[11][12] There are regularly scheduled ferries connecting fishing village Kukup in Serkat Mukim with Tanjung Balai Karimun in Riau Islands, Indonesia.