The centre of the district is Zelenodolsk. Area - 1406,0 square km. Population - 162,3 thousand people. The district was founded in 1938.
The city of Zelenodolsk is situated in the north-west of the republic, on the left bank of the river Volga, 38 km from Kazan. Zelenodolsk is a big railway junction. Population – 100,1 thousand people. Since 1932 Zelenodolsk is a city.
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- Grey heron colony
- Konstantin Vasiliev Memorial Museum
- Raifa Monastery
- Sviyazhsk State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve "Island-City Sviyazhsk"
- Sviyazhsky nature reserve
- Vasil'evskyi health centre
- Volga-Kama nature reserve (Raifa sector)