Shamilsky District (Russian: Шамильский райо́н; Avar: Шамилил мухъ) 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 920 square kilometers (360 sq mi).

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

[1] The district is divided into ten selsoviets which comprise fifty-two rural localities.

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