Baymaksky District (Russian: Байма́кский райо́н; Bashkir: Баймаҡ районы) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with Abzelilovsky District in the north, Chelyabinsk Oblast and the territory of the town of republic significance of Sibay in the east, Khaybullinsky District in the south, and with Zilairsky District in the south and west. The area of the district is 5,432 square kilometers (2,097 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Baymak[3] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[5] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 40,862.[4]