| Official Name: | Maiwand |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Afghanistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kandahar Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District Center |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hutal |
| Leader Title: | District Governor |
| Leader Name: | Salih Mohammad Noorzai[1] |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy District Governor |
| Leader Title2: | District Chief of Police |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Total: | 51,900 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 31.7394°N 65.14°W |
Maiwand District is situated in the western part of the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Helmand Province to the west, Ghorak District to the north, Khakrez District to the northeast, Zhari District to the east, and Panjwayi District to the south. The population is 51,900 (2006). The district center is in Hutal,[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] located in the central part of the district. Highway 1 runs through the center of the district and connects two of the major cities in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar and Lashkargah.
The Battle of Maiwand was fought at the village of Maiwand on 27 July 1880, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. To this day a small fort remains from the British presence.
One casualty was Paula Loyd, a member of a Human Terrain System team, who was doused with a flammable liquid and set afire on November 4, 2008, and later died at Brooke Army Medical Center on January 7, 2009.[6]