Shalinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 700 square kilometers (270 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shali. Population: 115,970 (2010 Census); 68,862 ; 136,590 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Shali accounts for 41.1% of the district's total population.