The regional center is the city of Nizhnekamsk which achieved TASED status (Territory of Advanced Social-Economic Development) in 2017.

[8][9] A significant part of the region's borders in the north and west runs along natural water barriers (the Kama River and the Kuybyshev Reservoir).

The Council of the Municipal Formation of the Nizhnekamsky district approved the modern coat of arms and flag on June 9, 2006.

The flag of the Nizhnekamsky Municipal District is a rectangular cloth, vertically divided into three stripes of the same colors.

The administrative centers are villages: Kamskiye Polyany, Bolshoye Afanasovo, Yelantovo, Kayenly, Karmaly, Verkhniye Chelny, Krasnyy Klyuch, Trudovoy, Verkhnyaya Uratma, Nizhnyaya Uratma, Prosti, Blagodatnaya, Starosheshminsk, Sukharevo, Sheremetyevka, Shingalchi and the city of Nizhnekamsk.

A result of these plans was the "TAIF" complex created in Nizhnekamsk in 1997-2009, which included oil refineries, gasoline and gas condensate processing plants.

Numerous oil refineries are located on the territory of the Nizhnekamsky district:[4] The association "Nizhnekamsk Industrial Circle" operates in the region.

It was founded by four large enterprises: "Nizhnekamskneftekhim", "Tatneftekhiminvest Holding", "Association of Tatarstan Polymers Processors" and "Investment Agency of the City of Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsky District".

The main task of this association is to help the development of small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in the processing of polymer and petrochemical raw materials.

Spring wheat, winter rye, barley, oats, potatoes, and vegetables are all cultivated in the region.

[28] The territory of advanced social and economic development (TASED) was created in Nizhnekamsk by a decree of the Government of Russia signed by Dmitry Medvedev in December 2017.

As a result, Kamskie Polyany joined the Moscow company for the production of "Nova Roll-stretch" film.

The main resident of the park and its co-founder is a Chinese plant for painting and applying polymer coatings on rolled steel Kamastal.

The park's initial resident, the "Metakam" company invested 48 million rubles to set up its production facility.

The application of the company for the production of commercial refrigeration equipment "Smart Machines" was approved in August 2020.

The park administration announced the expansion of the territory from 20 to 90 hectares, which will allow it to locate 20 more industries and create about 15,000 new jobs.

[28] The Nizhnekamsky municipal district is located in the central part of the Republic of Tatarstan on the left bank of the Kama River.

[48] There are 7 trams, 9 city buses, 10 suburban, and 16 special bus routes to the industrial zone in the Nizhnekamsky municipal district.

[49][50] According to ecologists, there are more than 6,000 air pollution points in the Nizhnekamsky district, which are mainly associated with the processing of petroleum products.

[51][52] Based on scientific studies, the district authorities implemented an environmental protection program for Nizhnekamsk allocating 13 billion rubles in 2012-2015.

The share of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere has decreased by 54% over the past 19 years of the company's operation.

The level of the reservoir was raised to 63.3-63.5 m. on the basis of agreements between the leadership of the republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and Udmurtia in 2003.

[62][63] There are 31 secondary schools and 24 libraries in the district as well as the Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.

[4] The district has implemented the State Program "Development of Physical Culture and Sports in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2019-2023" since 2019.

The church was destroyed in the 1930s during the time of religious persecution and rebuilt 50 years later at the expense of local residents and patrons.

The public complex "Center for the culture and history of the Volga Bulgars and Islam" was organized at the mosque.

A museum of journalism was opened in the building of the media holding of the Nizhnekamsk TV and Radio Company in 2020.