The Kuching District is an administrative district within Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is subdivided into three subdistricts: Kuching Proper, Padawan and Siburan. The population of the entire District was 617,887 at the 2010 Census.
The Kuching Proper subdistrict is divided into two areas:
Siburan was once combined with Padawan as a single subdistrict. This subdistrict is headquartered in the Siburan Bazaar.
Padawan was proclaimed as a subdistrict on 11 August 1983 and is headquartered in Teng Bukap.