Pavlograd district is located in the eastern part of Dnipropetrovsk region, in the historical and ethnographic territory of the Middle Dnipro. The Samara River flows within the district. There are few historical and cultural monuments in the area, but in Pavlograd fragments of historical buildings have been preserved.
The administrative center of Pavlograd district is the city of Pavlograd. The area of the district is more than 2420 square kilometers. The population of the district reaches 173 thousand people.
The Pavlograd district consists of 98 settlements, which are united into 7 amalgamated hromadas: Pavlograd, Terniv city, Bohdanivska, Verbkivska, Mezhyritska, Troitska rural, Yurivska settlement amalgamated hromadas.