The administrative center of the district is the town of Shemonaikha.

[4] Located in the north of East Kazakhstan Region.

It borders in the east with Glubokovsky, in the west - with Borodulikha, in the south - with Ulansky districts of East Kazakhstan region, in the north - with Altai Territory Russian Federation.

[5] Shemonaikha district was formed on January 17, 1928 from Shemonaevskaya, parts of Kalininskaya, Ubinskaya volosts Semipalatinsk district and part of Krasnooktyabrskaya volost Ust-Kamenogorsk district with the center in the village of Shemonaikha.

On June 11, 1959, the Pakhotny, Verkhubinsky, Vydrikhinsky and Bolsherechensky village councils of the abolished Verkh-Ubinsky district were attached to the Shemonaikha district.