Jelgava district

{{Short description|District of Latvia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Jelgava district

| settlement_type = District

| image_map = Latvia-Jelgava.png

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Latvia

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_total_km2 = 1,605.2

| population_total = 37,054

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website = [http://www.jrp.lv/ jrp.lv/]

| native_name = Jelgavas rajons

| image_shield = Jelgavas apriņķa ģerbonis.svg

}}

Jelgava district ({{langx|lv|Jelgavas rajons}}) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Semigallia region, in the country's centre. It was organized into a city, two municipalities and twelve parishes, each with a local government authority.{{cite web |url=http://www.jrp.lv/?id=42 |title=Jelgavas rajona pašvaldības |language=lv |publisher=www.jrp.lv |access-date=3 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123225004/http://www.jrp.lv/?id=42 |archive-date=23 January 2008 |url-status=dead }} The administrative centre of the district was Jelgava. It preceded and used the symbols of the {{Ill|Jelgavas apriņķis|lv|Jelgavas apriņķis}} of the interwar Republic of Latvia, which was created in 1920 from the previous Dobeles apriņķis.{{Cite web |last=Yumpu.com |title=2010. gada marts Nr.3. - Jelgavas rajona padome |url=https://www.yumpu.com/lv/document/view/30513992/2010-gada-marts-nr3-jelgavas-rajona-padome |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=yumpu.com |language=lv}}

Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}