Kaytagsky District (Russian: Кайта́гский райо́н; Dargwa: Хайдакъла райун; Kumyk: Хайдакълы якъ, Xaydaqlı yaq) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kaytagsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.

[1] The district is divided into twelve selsoviets which comprise forty-five rural localities.

[4] Its twelve selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.

Its chief town was Bashli (probably Bashlykent) and its ruler was called the Utsmi.