The area of the district is 3,185 square kilometers (1,230 sq mi).

[4] The district is situated on the Yenisey River in the central part of the Minusinsk Hollow.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Minusinsky District is one of the forty-three in the krai.

[1] The town of Minusinsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a krai town[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

A part of the federal highway M54 passes through the district as well.