The area of the district is 500 square kilometers (190 sq mi).

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

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Botlikhsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.

[1] The district is divided into nine selsoviets which comprise thirty-seven rural localities.

[4] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.