Shakhovskoy District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,218.88 square kilometers (470.61 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Shakhovskaya. Population: 25,372 ; 23,061 (2002 census); 23,783 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Shakhovskaya accounts for 42.3% of the district's total population.