Sunzhensky District (Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар, Šolža šaꜧar) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia.

It is made up of territory that was formerly part of the Sunzha Cossack Okrug .

The area of the district is 1,513 square kilometers (584 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Sunzha (called stanitsa Ordzhonikidzevskaya before 2016).

Sunzhensky and Malgobeksky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion.