[3] It is located north of the Arctic Circle, in the lower reaches of the Indigirka River.

The Polousny Range and the Ulakhan-Sis are located to the south and the Kondakov Highland rises to the east.

The Indigirka and its numerous tributaries, such as the Bolshaya Ercha and the Allaikha River, as well as the Khroma —with the Uryung-Ulakh, the Kyuyol-Yuryakh, Bogdashkina and Gusinaya in the far northern end, flow through the district.

[1] It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Chokurdakh) and five rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise six rural localities.

*Administrative centers are shown in bold The main forms of business are reindeer husbandry, fishing, and fur trade.