Askeran District (Azerbaijani: Əsgəran rayonu, Әсҝәран рајону; Armenian: Ասկերանի շրջան, romanized: Askerani shrjan) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

The capital of the district was the town of Askeran.

[2][3] The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991.

Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, all of the district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Askeran Province.

However, following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured parts of the district and after September 2023 offensive they gained the full control of the region.