[1] It is located in the northwest of the republic and borders with Finland in the west, Loukhsky District in the north, Kemsky and Muyezersky Districts in the east, and with the territory of the town of republic significance of Kostomuksha in the south.

[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kalevala.

Natural resources include molybdenum, iron ore, quartzite, copper, and peat.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kalevalsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Kalevala) and eight rural localities.

As of the 2002 Census, the district's ethnic composition was as follows:[citation needed]