Kavar district was established on September 9, 1930. The center of the district with an area of 611 km² was the city of Kavar, which was subordinated to the republic. The distance from there to the city of Iravan is 98 km. A large part of the Goycha plateau falls on the territory of Kavar district.

The territory of the district was historically included in the Goycha district of the Iravan Khanate, and during the period of Tsarist Russia, it was included in the Novo-Bayazid district of the Iravan governorate.

The toponym was formed on the basis of the ethnonym “kabar”, known as a branch of the Khazarian Turkic tribe. It is an ethnotoponym.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated April 13, 1959, the name of the district was changed to “Kamo”.

Since 1987, the native inhabitants of the district – Azerbaijanis were forced to leave their places of residence. In 1995, the district was abolished and included in the administrative territory of Gegarkunik province of Armenia.