Sangerhausen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Quedlinburg, Mansfelder Land, Merseburg-Querfurt, and the districts Kyffhäuserkreis and Nordhausen in Thuringia.

Sangerhausen is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the district of Sangerhausen.