Shimanovsky District (Russian: Шимано́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 14,554 square kilometers (5,619 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shimanovsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 5,956 (2010 census); 7,275 (2002 Census); 8,588 (1989 Soviet census).

The district was established in 1939.^{[citation needed]}

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shimanovsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast. The town of Shimanovsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shimanovsky Municipal District. Shimanovsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.