| En Name: | Chereksky District |
| Ru Name: | Черекский район |
| Loc Name1: | Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ |
| Loc Lang1: | Kabardian |
| Loc Name2: | Черек район |
| Loc Lang2: | Karachay-Balkar |
| Image View: | Gestola.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 43.3167°N 79°W |
| Federal Subject: | Kabardino-Balkar Republic |
| Adm Data As Of: | April 2014 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | settlement |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Kashkhatau |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 10 |
| Mun Data As Of: | April 2014 |
| Mun Formation1: | Chereksky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 9 |
| Area Km2: | 2210 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 26956 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 19.6% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 80.4% |
| Website: | http://cr.adm-kbr.ru |
| Date: | October 2012 |
| Population of Chereksky District | |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 26,956 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 25,927 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 22,079 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 21,603 |
Chereksky District (Russian: Черекский райо́н; Kabardian: Kabardian: Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Черек район, Çerek rayon) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[2] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2210km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality[3] (a settlement) of Kashkhatau. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,956, with the population of Kashkhatau accounting for 19.6% of that number.
The district was called Sovetsky (Russian: Сове́тский) until May 5, 1994.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chereksky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its ten rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chereksky Municipal District. Its rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district, with the exception of the settlement of Kashkhatau, which is incorporated as Kashkhatau Urban Settlement. The settlement of Kashkhatau serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.