It is located in the eastern central part of the krai.

The area of the district is 3,203 square kilometers (1,237 sq mi).

[7] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Budyonnovsky District is one of the twenty-six in the krai.

[1] The town of Budyonnovsk serves as its administrative center,[1] despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[citation needed] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Budyonnovsky Municipal District, with the town of krai significance of Budyonnovsk being incorporated within it as Budyonnovsk Urban Settlement.