The district borders the district of Julfa, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia, and the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran.

[2] Ordubad is a name of Turco-Persian origin and means, "city of army" (from Turkic ordu (army) and Persian bad (city)), which implies that the city was founded during the period of the Mongol, or the ensuing Il-Khanid rule.

[3] Ordubad region was a part of the khanates of Erivan and Nakhchivan, which were dependencies of Qajar Iran, with Ordubad forming the main town of the district of Aza-Jeran in the eastern part of the khanate of Nakhchivan.

[3] After the Russo-Persian War and the Turkmanchay Treaty of 1828, the region was ceded by Iran to Imperial Russia, becoming part of the newly formed Armenian Oblast.

[5] More than 25,9 percent of the population (about 12,900 persons) consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.