Buynaksky District (Russian: Буйнакский район, Kumyk: Шура якъ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

The area of the district is 1,842.09 square kilometers (711.23 sq mi).

[3] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buynaksky District is one of the forty-one in the republic.

[1] It is divided into nine selsoviets, comprising thirty rural localities.

[5] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.