Yessentukskaya is a rural locality and stanitsa located in the Stavropol Krai region of Russia. It serves as the administrative center of the Predgorny District.
According to census data, the population of Yessentukskaya has fluctuated over recent decades. The 2010 census recorded a population of 20,166, while previous counts showed 19,604 in 2002 and 14,424 during the 1989 Soviet census.