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

[2] The Samur River flows in the north of the district from west to east.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Akhtynsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.

[4] Its four selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.

Ethnically, all of the rural localities in the district are Lezgian, with the exception of the selo of Khnov, which is populated by the Rutul people.