| En Name: | Zolotukhinsky District |
| Ru Name: | Золотухинский район |
| Image View: | WP 20140630 17 59 51 Pro.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 52.0831°N 36.3758°W |
| Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | January 2013 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | work settlement |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Zolotukhino |
| Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Work settlements |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
| Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 19 |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 136 |
| Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
| Mun Formation1: | Zolotukhinsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 9 |
| Area Km2: | 1150 |
| Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
| Pop 2010Census: | 22914 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 20.5% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 79.5% |
| Website: | http://zolotuhinsky.ru/ |
| Date: | August 2011 |
Zolotukhinsky District (Russian: Золоту́хинский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1150km2.[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Zolotukhino. Population: 26,800 (2002 Census); The population of Zolotukhino accounts for 21.2% of the district's total population.
Zolotukhinsky District is located in the north central region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Tuskar River, a tributary of the Seym River and part of the Dnieper River Basin. The district is 20 km northeast of the city of Kursk, and 420 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 44 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area of 1,150 km2 (3.7% of Kursk Oblast).[1]
The district is bordered on the north by Ponyrovsky District and a portion of Oryol Oblast, on the east by Shchigrovsky District, on the south by Belovsky District, and on the west by Fatezhsky District.