The uezd was located in northern part of the Baku Governorate, bordering Caspian Sea to the east, Elizavetpol Governorate to the west, Dagestan Oblast to the north, the Geokchay, Shemakha, and Baku uezds to the south.

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Kuba uezd in 1917 were as follows:[2][3] The uezd was located on the northern slope of the eastern part of Greater Caucasus mountain range, mainly consisting of 3 main parts: Mountains, which occupies most parts of the south-west, foothills, covering most of the uezd from south-west to northeast, and lowlands, mostly in the areas bordering the Caspian Sea.

[5] In 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Azerbaijan became part of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.

[8][9][10] On 28 May 1918, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic declared its independence and the uezd was kept as part of its administrative units.

The plurality of the population indicated Tatar[b] to be their mother tongue, with significant Tat, Kyurin, and Kazi-Kumukh speaking minorities.