Tselinny District (Russian: Цели́нный райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kurgan Oblast, Russia.

It is located in the south of the oblast.

The area of the district is 3,460 square kilometers (1,340 sq mi).

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

[6] The population of Tselinnoye accounts for 29.5% of the district's total population.