Total area: 9.200 sq km
Area - comparative: the oblast's second biggest district in terms of total area
Border regions: the districts of Chagoda, Ustyuzhna, Kadui, Belozersk, Vytegra within the Vologda Oblast, the Leningrad Oblast to the west
Total population: 24.930, male - 11.636, female - 13.294
District centre population: 12.582
Foundation: 1925
Distance from Vologda: 292 km
Railway station: the town of Babaevo is located on the railway route connecting Vologda and St.Petersburg
Climate: temperate continental
Terrain: mostly broad, shallow plain with lakes. Most of inland territory is taken by marshes.
Inland waters: lakes, the Suda river, no navigable rivers
Administrative division: 19 administrative areas
Main branches of industry: gas, timber, food industries, printing, power engineering and agriculture
Mineral resources: deposits of peat, limestone, dolomite, construction sand
City code: 81743 - for trunk, international calls and calls within the oblast
Information service: 22222
Address of the district administration: 2a Revolution Square, 162450 Babayevo, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Oleg Tishin, Tel.: 21709, Fax: 21803
