Shilkinsky District (Russian: Шилкинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.
It is located in the center of the krai, and borders with Tungokochensky District in the north, Nerchinsky District in the east, Mogoytuysky District in the south, and with Karymsky District in the west.
The area of the district is 6,100 square kilometers (2,400 sq mi).
[2] Its administrative center is the town of Shilka.
[3] The district was established on January 4, 1926.