Urvansky District (Russian: Урва́нский райо́н; Kabardian: Аруан къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Урван 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 458 square kilometers (177 sq mi).

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

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

[3] The town of Nartkala is incorporated as an urban settlement and the twelve rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.