[7][8] The western part of the district is located on the slope of the Tokmovsky tectonic arch, the rest of the region is on the southwestern side of the Kazan-Kirov trough.

[6][8] The development of the coat of arms and the flag was carried out jointly by the Heraldic Council under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Union of Heraldists.

The main economic, cultural and geographical features of the region are conveyed on the coat of arms and flag.

The golden color on the coat of arms is a symbol of harvest, wealth, intelligence, respect; silver – purity, perfection, peace, understanding; red – courage, strength, hard work, beauty and celebration; green – a symbol of nature, health, youth, and life growth.

It is a rectangular canvas which is divided by golden ears into red and green parts, does not include the image of birds.

[11] There are 120 archaeological sites dating from the Stone, Iron and Bronze Ages, as well as the periods of the Golden Horde and the Khanate of Kazan.

At the end of 2019, the Apastovsky district occupied the 39th place in the rankings of socio-economic development and 27th place in terms of the share of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the gross regional product of the Republic of Tatarstan, which amounted to 7.3 billion rubles.

The district predominantly produces crops such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, peas, sugar beets and potatoes.

By the share of investment in 2020, the leading fields were the development of agriculture, hunting and fishing at 81.5 million rubles.

The railway line "Sviyzhsk - Ulyanovsk" runs to the west of the regional center with stations and stopping points in the area (from Kazan): including a stopping point at 55 km, the Klyuchi (passing), Karatun and Kildurazy stations.

[26] In the fall of 2018, the Russian government approved a plan for the construction of a 730 km long Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod-Kazan highway.

On the territory of Tatarstan, the route will pass through the Kaibitsky, Apastovsky, Verkhneuslonsky, Kamsko-Ustinsky, Laishevsky, and Pestrechinsky Districts.

On this territory are located natural monuments of regional significance: "Gran-Tau", "Habitat of Marshall's crested", "Petrov ugol", "Staritsa Sviyagi" and the rivers Sviyaga and Ulema.

These regions provide a sanctuary for endangered animals listed in the Red Book of Tatarstan.