Tambovsky District (Russian: Тамбо́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 2,632 square kilometers (1,016 sq mi).

[8] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tambovsky District is one of the twenty-three in the oblast.

[1] The city of Tambov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[5] The city of oblast significance of Tambov is incorporated separately from the district as Tambov Urban Okrug.