The administrative centre of the district is Kamskoe Ust’e. Area – 1201,1 square km. The district was founded in 1965. The settlement of Kamskoe Ust’e is situated on the right bank of the river Volga, 117 km to the southeast of Kazan. There are two piers – Kamskoe Ust’e and Kuibyshevsky Zaton.
