The majority of the population in the districts lives at or close to the seashore, in former settlements later turned microdistricts.

The biggest of them are (northwest to southeast) Svetlana, Bytha, Iskra, Matsesta, Maly Akhun, Khosta, and Kudepsta.

In the Middle Ages, the Republic of Genoa established a colony (Costa) at the location of modern Khosta.

Soviet Power was declared in Sochi in February 1918, followed by the advance of the army of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, which in July 1918 occupied the whole coast up to Tuapse.

That was abolished on October 16, 1924, and the district was transferred to newly established North Caucasus Krai.

In July 1930, okrugs were abolished, and Sochinsky District was directly subordinated to the krai.

Khosta was granted a town status in 1899 and by 1914 had a population of 1,500 inhabitants, a brick factory, and a wine production plant.

In 1933, it was decided to totally reconstruct the coastal area and to create a large number of spa resorts.

Khosta, Matsesta, and the large part of the current area of the district were subordinated to the city of Sochi.

Matsesta has sulphur baths known to Europeans since the middle of the 19th century, and functioned as a resort since 1902.

There are two stations within the district, Khosta and Matsesta, both served by suburban trains from Sochi and from Krasnaya Polyana.

The highway serves as the bypass road for the center of Sochi, and it joins the coast next to Matsesta.