The Lugano District (Italian: Distretto di Lugano also called Luganese) is a district of Canton of Ticino , southern Switzerland . The capital is the city of Lugano.

It has a population of 150,556 (as of 31 December 2020).

The Lugano District has an area, as of 1997, of 301.76 square kilometres (116.51 square miles). Of this area, 47.44 km2 (18.32 sq mi) or 15.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 200.54 km2 (77.43 sq mi) or 66.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 46.05 km2 (17.78 sq mi) or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 2.01 km2 (0.78 sq mi) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 13.93 km2 (5.38 sq mi) or 4.6% is unproductive land.