The area of the Yekaterinodar otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.

The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Yekaterinodar (present-day Krasnodar).

The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian and Circassian speaking minorities.

[3] According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Yekaterinodarsky otdel had a population of 371,788 on 14 January [O.S.

1 January] 1916, including 187,407 men and 184,381 women, 247,739 of whom were the permanent population, and 124,049 were temporary residents:[6]