The area of the district is 2,014 square kilometers (778 sq mi).

[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Alexandrovskoye.

[3] In 1924, Alexandrovsky Uyezd of Stavropol Governorate was transformed into a district of Stavropol Okrug within North Caucasus Krai.

The area has more than 450 enterprises of different ownership forms and specialties.

The main occupation by far, however, is agriculture, which accounts for 80% of GDP.