[2] Kangarli was the name of a Turkic tribe who founded a regional Maku Khanate that ruled the area.

The climate, like in the rest of the autonomous republic, is strongly continental; it is very hot in summer and chilling in winter.

On the territory of the district runs the Araz River that flows along the border between Azerbaijan and Iran.

Agriculture is developed in the district with advanced tobacco, cine, grain, vegetable and melon growing.

Like the rest of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, there are many ancient monuments, evidencing that the land was inhabited in the earliest times: the Chilkhangala mounds, the Gazma Cave and the ancient settlements of Galadzhig, Govurgala, Damlama, Gulamtepe and Balatepe.