Baksansky District (Russian: Бакса́нский райо́н; Kabardian: Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Бахсан район, Baxsan rayon) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia.

The area of the district is 829.58 square kilometers (320.30 sq mi).

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baksansky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its thirteen rural localities.

[1] The town of Baksan 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.

[3] The town of republic significance of Baksan is incorporated separately from the district as Baksan Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.