Vaninsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai. The area of the district is 25,747 square kilometers (9,941 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Vanino. Population: 37,310 (2010 census); 42,235 (2002 census); 51,428 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Vanino accounts for 45.6% of the district's total population.