Staropoltavsky District (Russian: Старополта́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

[4] It is located in the northeast of the oblast.

The area of the district is 4,120 square kilometers (1,590 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Staraya Poltavka.

[7] The population of Staraya Poltavka accounts for 20.1% of the district's total population.