The capital of Southern district is Kanye, home to the Bangwaketse and Barolong in Botswana.

The Southern district is home to Botswana's second largest beef farmers where there are large privately owned ranges, and several government run beef ranges which provide agricultural support to the local farmers.

The total number of workers constituted 51,187 with 29,043 males and 22,141 females, with a majority involved in agriculture.

Southern District is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

The major activities of the council are Tribal Administration, Remote Area Development and Local Governance.

The executive powers of the council are vested on a commissioner appointed by the central government.

Technical services wing of the Department of Local Government is responsible for developing roads, infrastructure in villages like water supply, schools and recreational facilities.

[7] In the 2022 Census the following are listed as big villages under each sub-district:[8][9] As of 2011, the total population of the district was 197,767 compared to 171,652 in 2001.

[11] As of 2006, 18,751 were involved in Agriculture, 1,832 in Construction, 5,042 in Education, 304 in Electricity & Water, 399 in Finance, 1,339 in Health, 1,082 in Hotels & Restaurants, 4,059 in Manufacturing, 373 in Mining and Quarrying, 1,012 in Other Community Services, 1,758 in Private Households, 4,635 in Public Administration, 2,480 in Real Estate, 1,399 in Transport & Communications6,722 in Wholesale & Retail Trade.