The Central District of Mahabad County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Mahabad.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 179,697 in 39,752 households. The following census in 2011 counted 198,757 people in 50,507 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 222,069 inhabitants in 61,895 households.