| En Name: | Baymaksky District |
| Ru Name: | Баймакский район |
| Loc Name1: | Баймаҡ районы |
| Loc Lang1: | Bashkir |
| Image View: | Хребет Ирендык.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 52.6°N 77°W |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Baimak rayon (Bashkortostan).png |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Bashkortostan |
| Adm Data As Of: | February 2013 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | town |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Baymak |
| Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 22 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 91 |
| Mun Data As Of: | July 2012 |
| Mun Formation1: | Baymaksky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 22 |
| Area Km2: | 5432 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 40862 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
| Established Date: | August 20, 1930 |
| Website: | http://baimak.ru |
| Date: | December 2014 |
| Population of Baymaksky District | |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 40,862 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 44,214 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 58,035 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 56,236 |
Baymaksky District (ru|Байма́кский райо́н; ba|Баймаҡ районы, Baymaq rayonı) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] 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 5432km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Baymak (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 40,862.
Main bodies of water in the district include the Sakmara, Tanalyk, and Bolshaya Urtazymka Rivers (with minor tributaries) as well as Lakes Talkas and Kultuban. Forests cover (or 24.4% of the total area) with reserves of 18800000m2 of timber (with softwood comprising 3400000m2 of the reserves). Mineral reserves in the district include the Sibaysky mine, with one of the largest copper reserves in Russia. The district, being located in the Ural Mountains, feels the effects of the Asian continental air and has a mild climate.
The district was established on August 20, 1930.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baymaksky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan. It is divided into twenty-two selsoviets, comprising ninety-one rural localities.[4] The town of Baymak serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Baymaksky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Baymak being incorporated within it as Baymak Urban Settlement.[5] Its twenty-two selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Baymak serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.