Rakityansky District (Russian: Ракитя́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.

[6] It is located in the west of the oblast.

The area of the district is 900.9 square kilometers (347.8 sq mi).

[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Rakitnoye.

[10] The population of Rakitnoye accounts for 30.2% of the district's total population.