The area of the district is 793.5 square kilometers (306.4 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Tpig.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Agulsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.

[1] The district is divided into six selsoviets which comprise nineteen rural localities.

[4] Its six selsoviets are incorporated as ten rural settlements within the municipal district.