| En Name: | Belovsky District |
| Ru Name: | Беловский район |
| Image View: | Water mill in Krupets, Kurskaya oblast, Russia (first building).jpg |
| Coordinates: | 51.0544°N 35.7097°W |
| Image Coa: | Coat Belovsky rajon Kurskaya oblast.gif |
| Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | November 2008 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | sloboda |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Belaya |
| Selsoviet Type1: | selsoviet |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 18 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 51 |
| Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
| Mun Formation1: | Belovsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 14 |
| Area Km2: | 950 |
| Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
| Pop 2010Census: | 17933 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
| Website: | http://bel.rkursk.ru/ |
| Commonscat: | Belovsky District, Kursk Oblast |
| Date: | August 2011 |
Belovsky District (Russian: Бело́вский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 950km2.[1] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a sloboda) of Belaya. Population: 22,182 (2002 Census); The population of Belaya accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.
On 11 August 2024, Russian authorities ordered the evacuation of civilians in Belovsky District as a result of a major Ukrainian incursion during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[4] Later on the night of August 11, the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the Belovsky District, as confirmed by the head of the district head and acting governor. The head of the district recommended that those who had already evacuated not return.[5]
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Belovsky District is located on the south-central edge of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Belgorod Oblast to the south. The terrain is a hilly plain averaging 200m (700feet) above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Psel River, which flows southwest from the district into Ukraine, where it empties into the Dnieper River. The Psel is typically frozen from December to early March. Belovsky District is 60km (40miles) south of the city of Kursk, and 520km (320miles) south of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (40km (30miles); north-south), and 38 km (38km (24miles); west-east); total area is 950 km2 (about 3.2% of Kursk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Belaya.[1]
The district is bordered on the north by Bolshesoldatsky District, on the east by Oboyansky District, on the south by Krasnoyaruzhsky District, Rakityansky District, and Ivnyansky District of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by Sudzhansky District.