Elbrussky District (Russian: Эльбру́сский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Эльбрус район; Kabardian: Ӏуащхьэмахуэ къедзыгъуэ) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia.

The area of the district is 1,850.43 square kilometers (714.46 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Tyrnyauz.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Elbrussky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Tyrnyauz) and ten rural localities.

[3] The town of Tyrnyauz is incorporated as an urban settlement and the ten rural localities are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district.