Orlovsky District (Russian: Орло́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,300 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Orlovsky. Population: 40,894 (2010 Census); 41,768 (2002 census); 39,386 (1989 Soviet census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 48.9% of the district's total population.