Tersky District (Russian: Те́рский райо́н; Kabardian: Тэрч къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Терк район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia.

The area of the district is 893.12 square kilometers (344.84 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Terek.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tersky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Terek) and twenty-six rural localities.

[3] The town of Terek is incorporated as an urban settlement and the twenty-six rural localities are incorporated into seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.