Kuching District
District of Malaysia
Daerah Kuching
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	古晋县
Location of Kuching District in Sarawak
Kuching District Location of Kuching District in Malaysia
Coordinates: 1°33′40″N 110°20′30″E / 1.56111°N 110.34167°E / 1.56111; 110.34167
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Local area government(s)	Kuching Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Commission of the City of Kuching North (DBKU) Padawan Municipal Council (MPP)
Area
• Total	1,868.83 km2 (721.56 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	617,887
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)

The Kuching District is an administrative district within Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is subdivided into two subdistricts which is Kuching Proper and Padawan. The population of the entire District was 617,887 at the 2010 Census.

Kuching Proper subdistrict

The Kuching Proper subdistrict is divided into two areas:

• the urban area, more commonly known as Kuching City.
• the suburbs and rural areas, collectively known as the Padawan municipality, formerly known as the Kuching Rural District. The headquarters is situated in Kota Padawan (formerly named 10th Mile Bazaar).

Padawan subdistrict

Padawan was proclaimed as a subdistrict on 11 August 1983 and is headquartered in Teng Bukap.