Urupsky District (Russian: Уру́пский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Уруп район, Urup rayon; Kabardian: Уэрп къедзыгъуэ; Abaza: Уарп район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[4] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia.

The area of the district is 2,782 square kilometers (1,074 sq mi).

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

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Urupsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Mednogorsky) and fifteen rural localities.

[4] The urban-type settlement of Mednogorsky is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the fifteen rural localities are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district.