The area of the district is 7,441 square kilometers (2,873 sq mi).

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

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yemelyanovsky District is one of the forty-three in the krai.

[1] The district is divided into thirteen selsoviets and two urban-type settlements.

[3] The Trans-Siberian Railway runs through the district territory from west to east.