The district is bordered by Amager Øst to the east along Amagerbrogade, the main shopping street and thoroughfare of the part of Copenhagen.

Amager Vest is the largest of the ten new official administrative districts of Copenhagen, but has at the same time the smallest population.

[1] Amager Vest includes Islands Brygge, Ørestad, Sundbyvester and Eberts Villaby as well as the extensive meadow and wetlands of Kalvebod Fælled.

The main purpose was to give shelter to the southern parts of Copenhagen harbour.

The exhibition centre Bella Center (which hosted the environment meeting COP15 in December 2009) is one of very few exceptions from this.