Nagykanizsa (Hungarian: Nagykanizsai járás) is a district in southern part of Zala County.

The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

The number of the inhabited places in Nagykanizsa District is 49.

The district has 1 urban county, 1 town and 47 villages.

(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.