The area of the district is 1,997 square kilometres (771 sq mi).

[1] Quissico was founded between 1914 and 1916 and was granted a town status during colonial times.

[1] In the district, there are 30,000 farms which have on average 2.5 hectares (0.0097 sq mi) of land.

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

The total length of the roads in the district is 233 kilometres (145 mi).