The Central District of Kahnuj County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان کهنوج) is a district (bakhsh) in Kahnuj County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 70,664, in 15,029 families. The district has one city: Kahnuj. The district has two rural districts (dehestan): Kutak Rural District and Nakhlestan Rural District. Prior to 2011, when Kutak Rural District was formed, Howmeh Rural District was the second rural district of the Central District.