The area of the district is 6,415.9 square kilometers (2,477.2 sq mi).

[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Olga.

[5] Slopes of south Sikhote-Alin and narrow coastline of the Sea of Japan are the most prominent features of the district territory's landscape.

The highest point is Mount Perevalnaya, at 1,406 meters (4,613 ft).

The district was established in 1926[2] and originally encompassed the territories of modern Lazovsky and Kavalerovsky Districts and the territory presently subordinated to Dalnegorsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction.