It consists of these parts: Árpádföld, Cinkota, Mátyásföld, Sashalom, and Rákosszentmihály.

The oldest football and athletics team is Rákosszentmihályi AFC that competes in the Budapest Bajnokság I. THSE Sashalom (or THSE Szabadkikötő) currently competes in the 2018-19 Nemzeti Bajnokság III.

The College of International Management and Business Faculty of the Budapest Business School is located in the district.

Cinkota is also the home of the secondary school, Szerb Antal Gimnázium.

16th district of Budapest is twinned with:[3]