| En Name: | Paranginsky District |
| Ru Name: | Параньгинский район |
| Loc Name1: | Поранча кундем |
| Loc Lang1: | Meadow Mari |
| Loc Lang2: | Hill Mari |
| Coordinates: | 56.732°N 49.156°W |
| Image Coa: | Paranga pgt coa.gif |
| Federal Subject: | Mari El Republic |
| Adm Data As Of: | October 2014 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Paranga |
| Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Urban-type settlements |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
| Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 8 |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 48 |
| Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
| Mun Formation1: | Paranginsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 8 |
| Area Km2: | 800 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 16307 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 36.7% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 63.3% |
| Website: | http://paranga.ru |
| Date: | October 2012 |
| Population of Paranginsky District | |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 16,307 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 17,847 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 19,439 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 19,155 |
Paranginsky District (Russian: Параньги́нский райо́н; Поранча кундем, Poranča kundem) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 800km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Paranga.[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,307, with the population of Paranga accounting for 36.7% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Paranginsky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Paranga) and eight rural okrugs, all of which comprise forty-eight rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Paranginsky Municipal District. Paranga Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement. The eight rural okrugs are incorporated into eight rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Paranga serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.