Shimanovsky District (Russian: Шимано́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 14,554 square kilometers (5,619 sq mi).

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shimanovsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.

[1] The town of Shimanovsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[5] Shimanovsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.