The area of the Labinsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation.

The administrative capital of the district was the city of Armavir.

The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.

[3] According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 518,774 on 14 January [O.S.

1 January] 1916, including 260,553 men and 258,221 women, 283,586 of whom were the permanent population, and 235,188 were temporary residents:[6]