Covering an area of 2,734.33 km2, it is considered a bedroom community for Jakarta, and was home to 5,427,068 people at the 2020 census.

In the documents it is also known that the village headquarters was located within the site of the Botanical Gardens itself, which began construction in 1817.

[3] At that time, the Regent of Demang Wartawangsa tried to improve the quality of the environment and the welfare of the people based on agriculture by digging canals from Ciliwung River to Cimahpar and from Nanggewer to Kalimulya.

[4] In 1908 Bogor Regency was composed of five kawedanan each led by a demang, namely Buitenzorg, Tjibaroesa, Cibinong, Parung, and Leuwiliang.

The history of Bogor Regency had a close relationship with the era of the kingdom that once ruled in the region.

The results of further research indicated that the location submitted to the Central Government for approval as a candidate for the regency capital was Rancamaya (currently a part of Bogor City).

This was due to the limited availability of land owned by the district government and to minimal infrastructure, pending the debate on the formation of Jonggol Regency which is still considered raw.

6 of 1982, which confirmed that the capital city of the Bogor Regency Government Center should be located in Tengah Village, Cibinong District.

Considering the vast area of Bogor Regency plus the rapid population growth which is due to the geographical location of Bogor Regency as a buffer zone for Jakarta, several debates emerged regarding regional expansion based on regional development.

It was planned that administrative city of Depok would be made an organized residential area for workers in Jakarta.

[6] In 1994, President Suharto was interested in making one of the Bogor Regency's areas, namely Jonggol District (at that time including Sukamakmur, Cariu and Babakan Madang).

Post-reformation is in line with the policy of eliminating autonomous regions of Administrative Cities throughout Indonesia.

Thus Depok city was officially separated from Bogor Regency and exercised its own autonomy.

Provisional plans and preparations for moving the nation's capital to Jonggol sank along with the fall of Suharto in 1998.

[8] Almost the entire regency comes under the authority of the BB Wilayah Sungai Ciliwung-Cisadane (water resources management unit).

In Bogor Regency, this language is spoken in the north central part which borders the Depok and South Tangerang cities.

The westernmost fourteen districts proposed in 2013 to be split off to form the new West Bogor Regency are those listed last in the table above.

The above table excludes the independent cities of Bogor and Depok, whose component districts are listed below with their populations according to the mid-2023 official estimates:[54]

[61] Bogor Regency also has representatives in Proliga which is the highest division in the volleyball competition in Indonesia, namely Bogor LavAni, which is a team founded by former president of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 1 December 2019, and made its debut in 2022 and won the title in its first season.

[62] In Sukajadi village, Tamansari district there are three waterfalls which can be easily reached by local tourists using Angkot 03 from Bogor to Ciapus in about 45 minutes.