[3] Kadamjay is located between the towns of Aydarken (Khaidarkan) (to the west) and Kyzyl-Kyya (to the east), and north of the Uzbek exclave Shohimardon.

The river Shohimardonsoy (Kyrgyz: Shaymerden) passes through Kadamjay.

In 2012, when Kadamjay was elevated to city status, it absorbed the villages Pülgön, Tash-Kyya and Chal-Tash.

[1] Kadamjay district is thought to have the second largest mercury-antimony deposit in the world.

"Metallurg Kadamjay" is the main football club, which was the 1997 champion in Kyrgyzstan.