| En Name: | Karachayevsky District |
| Ru Name: | Карачаевский район |
| Loc Name1: | Къарачай район |
| Loc Lang1: | Karachay-Balkar |
| Loc Name2: | Къэрэшей район |
| Loc Lang2: | Kabardian |
| Image View: | Третье Бадукское озеро.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 43.7667°N 95°W |
| Federal Subject: | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Adm Data As Of: | July 2011 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | town |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Karachayevsk |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 2 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 17 |
| Mun Data As Of: | June 2008 |
| Mun Formation1: | Karachayevsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 2 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 13 |
| Area Km2: | 3916 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 30376 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 20.5% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 79.5% |
| Website: | http://www.карачаевский-район.рф |
| Date: | November 2009 |
| Population of Karachayevsky District | |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 30,376 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 26,255 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 24,895 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 22,360 |
Karachayevsky District (Russian: Карача́евский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Къарачай район, Qaraçay rayon; Kabardian: Къэрэшей район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[2] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 3916km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Karachayevsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 30,376.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karachayevsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over two urban-type settlements (Novy Karachay and Pravokubansky) and seventeen rural localities. The town of Karachayevsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Karachayevsky Municipal District. The two urban-type settlements are incorporated into two urban settlements, while the seventeen rural localities are incorporated into thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of republic significance of Karachayevsk is incorporated separately from the district as Karachayevsky Urban Okrug,[4] but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.