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

[5] The area of the district is 3,390 square kilometers (1,310 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Svetly Yar.

[8] The population of Svetly Yar accounts for 32.7% of the district's total population.

[3] The district is located in the southeast of the oblast, in the area of the Volga Upland and the Yergeni hills.