Poltava district (Poltavskyi) is located in the eastern part of Poltava region, in the historical and ethnographic region of the Middle Dnipro. The rivers Psel and Vorskla flow within the district, the southern edge is washed by the waters of the Kamyansky Reservoir on the Dnipro.
The nature of the Dykansko-Opishniansky forest massif and the Vorskla floodplain is protected by the Dykansky regional landscape park.
The administrative center of Poltavskyi district is the regional center, the city of Poltava. Here are such historical and cultural monuments as the Assumption Cathedral on St. John's Hill, the Church of the Savior, Poltava Museum of Local Lore named after Vasyl Krychevsky, Ivan Kotlyarevsky Literary Memorial Museum, Panas Myrny Literary Memorial Museum, Poltava ...