Zhigansky District (Russian: Жига́нский улу́с; Yakut: Эдьигээн улууһа, romanized: Ecigên ulûha) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

The area of the district is 140,200 square kilometers (54,100 sq mi).

[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Zhigansk.

Some of its important tributaries, such as the Menkere, Muna, Khoruongka, Nuora (Strekalovka), Kyuelenke and Motorchuna, have their mouth in the area of the district.

[2] As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:[12] Divisional source:[13] Population source:[4] *Administrative centers are shown in bold Note: The figures given in the table above include 2010 census reports of one person (male) living in the intersettlement territory,[4] clarified in the regional census data as inhabiting Dzardzhan.