It was created on 18 December 2003 from what had formerly been the eastern districts of Ogan Komering Ulu Regency.

[4] This Regency is administratively composed of twenty districts (kecamatan), comprising 191 villages.

[4] Their areas (in km2) and their populations at the 2010[2] and 2020[3] Censuses are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.

[5] Other crops include rubber, coffee, black pepper, coconut, palm oil and fruits such as orange, durian, duku, rambutan and banana.

Former Constitutional Court judge Ahmad Natabaya was born in the regency in the village of Cempaka.