It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Belebeyevsky District in the north, Alsheyevsky District in the northeast, Miyakinsky District in the east, Orenburg Oblast in the south and west, and with Yermekeyevsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,133.9 square kilometers (823.9 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bizhbulyak.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,080, with the population of Bizhbulyak accounting for 24.7% of that number.[3]