The Central District of Zahedan County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Zahedan.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 577,898 in 114,552 households. The following census in 2011 counted 587,156 people in 140,277 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 628,219 inhabitants in 156,995 households.