Magdagachinsky District is located on the Amur-Zeya Plain, in the northwest of Amur Oblast. It is on the eastern (left) bank of the Amur River. The terrain is flat floodplain or slightly hilly ground between the Amur and the Zeya River, which runs in parallel along the district's eastern order about 10 km distant. Both rivers in this area run north to south. The Amur Highway runs through the middle of the district, as does the Trans-Siberian Railway. Both highway and railway run through the administrative center of Magdagachi. The district is 240 km north of the regional city of Blagoveshchensk. The area measures 200 km (north-south), and 110 km (west-east); total area is 16667 km2 (about 5% of Amur Oblast).[3]
^ abcAccording to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Magdagachinsky District, Law #477-OZ is used.
^The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования, за исключением подпункта "б" пункта 2 статьи 7, вступающего в силу с 1 января 2006 г. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №11, 24 января 2006 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast". Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).
Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №477-ОЗ от 12 мая 2005 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Магдагачинского района и муниципальных образований в его составе». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 3. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №96, 17 мая 2005 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #477-OZ of May 12, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of and Granting a Corresponding Municipal Formation Status to Magdagachinsky District and to the Municipal Formations It Comprises. Effective as of the date determined in accorrdance with the provisions set forth in Article 3.).