The area of the district is 1,865.9 square kilometers (720.4 sq mi).

[9] On 6 January 1954, Shebekinsky District was transferred to the newly created Belgorod Oblast.

[10][9] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shebekinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast.

[1] The town of Shebekino serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shebekinsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Shebekino being incorporated within it as Shebekino Urban Settlement.