The Beaufort District (/ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt; Malay: Daerah Beaufort) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division which includes the districts of Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Nabawan, Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom.

The district was named after the former British North Borneo governor, Leicester Paul Beaufort.

[2] The area of Beaufort was discovered by the British in 1898 during the administration of the North Borneo Chartered Company.

[5] The main indigenous people of Beaufort are Bisaya, Brunei Malay as well as Kadazan-Dusun (Dusun Tatana, Klias River Dusun, Kadazan Tangaa' Bakud and Tinagas tribes) and minorities of Murut, Chinese and Lun Bawang/Lundayeh peoples resident in this district.

The population by state legislative assembly are as follows: Media related to Beaufort District at Wikimedia Commons