The Menzelinsky district is known for being the residence of the poet and Hero of the Soviet Union Musa Cälil who lived there during the Great Patriotic War.

[4] The Menzelinsky municipal district is located in the north-eastern part of the Republic of Tatarstan, on the right bank of the Kama.

The average July temperature is +19.4°С[5][3][6] The Council of the Menzelinsky Municipal District of the Republic of Tatarstan approved the modern coat of arms and flag on November 24, 2006.

The flag of the Menzelinsky region is a rectangular blue cloth, 1/4 of which is occupied by a red stripe.

[9][4][10][11][12] The territory of the Menzelinsky district was annexed to the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic as a canton in 1920.

By ethnic composition the population is divided as follows: 60.1% Tatars, 35.4% Russians, 0.45% Chuvash, 2.7% Mari people, and 1.35% other nationalities.

The administrative centers of rural settlements are the villages: Atryakle, Ayu, Bikbulovo, Verkhniy Takermen, Staryy Irkenyash, Kadryakovo, Konovalovka, Kuzembet'yevo, Naratly-Kichu, Nikolayevka, Novoye Mazino, Novyy Mel'ken, Podgornyy Baylar, Staroye Mazino, Staraya Matveyevka, Urusovo, Yurtovo, Verkhniye Yushady, Vorovskogo, and the city of Menzelinsk.

[3] The Menzelinsky Mechanical Plant developed an investment project for the production of aviation, automobile, tractor, construction and railway components that meet world standards and with a capacity of 30 to 70 thousand units per year in 2009.

The general director of the plant asked the President of the Republic of Tatarstan for help in securing financing for the project in 2014.

The holding contributes 500-600 thousand rubles a year to the budget of Menzelinsk through property taxes alone.

In particular, subsidies of up to 10 million rubles for the construction or reconstruction of production facilities, and the purchase of new equipment were offered.

Spring wheat, winter rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, peas, and millet are cultivated in the region.

The federal company "August" bought two agricultural firms and 14 thousand hectares of land in the region in 2019.

[3][26][27][28] The company "Kamsky Bacon" bought out 6,000 hectares of land in the region for the construction of an agricultural complex for breeding cattle.

"Kamsky Bacon" intended to build a second complex by 2021, however implementation was hampered by a conflict between the company and its shareholders.

Shareholders are unhappy that "Kamsky Bacon" is not ready to pay rent private land with feed for livestock in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic.

[29] The total volume of investment in the district, excluding budgetary funds, amounted to 858 million rubles in January-June.

Major repairs began on the Menzelinsk - Russky Karan - Togashevo highway within the framework of the "Safe and High-Quality Roads National Project in 2020.

Its territory is inhabited by representatives of endangered animal species listed in the Red Book Data of Taratsan.

The cathedral mosque was built in 1910 and is now designated as an object of cultural heritage of regional (republican) significance.

The decorative design of the mosque combines elements of Tatar national architecture, classicism and oriental motives.

[32][33][5] The house where the Hero of the Soviet Union, the poet Musa Cälil studied, is also a cultural heritage of regional significance.

A bust of the hero was installed in the Menzelinsky Park named after Cälil with the participation of the poet's daughter in 2017[34][35]