Mammals such as rabbit, wild boar, badger, wolf, fox, jackal, and beaver inhabit the region along with birds such as eagle, crow, lark, duck, coot, pheasant, stork, bustard.

[4] Natural resources include oil-and-gas fields, lime, clay, sand and stone deposits.

The town of Hamashara, which was located in the Jalilabad region, belongs to the 2nd millennium BC.

Its name changed on June 2, 1967, to Jalilabad in honor of the Azerbaijani writer-playwright Jalil Mammadguluzadeh.

There are 50 historical and archaeological monuments, such as the remains of the ancient cities Bajirevan and Mughan, Alikomektepe and Misharchay residential areas, the Kazan lodge, the Bajiravan mounds, Gurudere residential area from the 4th millennium B.C., Jinlitepe which is from the Bronze Age, and Pirakhanjar, Zoroastrian cabins in the district.

Planted lands in the region cover 536 square kilometres (207 sq mi).

The total area of fruit gardens in the region is 1.83 square kilometres (0.71 sq mi).

There is also a small local history museum, park, hotel and motel.

Jalilabad region has its own TV and radio stations, and newspapers such as “Yeni gun”, "Sozun ishigi" and "Munasibet".

In 2010 Ilham Aliyev took part in the opening ceremony of a chess school in Jalilabad city.

[9] More than 28.7 percent of the population (about 63,200 persons) consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.