Garut Regency is currently divided into 42 districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010[2] and 2020 censuses, [3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.

Note: (a) comprising 5 urban kelurahan (Jayawaras, Pataruman, Sukagalih, Sukajaya and Sukakarya) and 7 rural desa.

Administratively, the 42 districts are subdivided into 442 villages, comprising 421 rural desa and 21 urban kelurahan.

[5] On March 2, 1811, the Balubur Limbangan Regency was defeated by Governor General Herman W. Daendels (of the Dutch Colonial Army), and Regent Tumenggung Wangsakusumah II resigned.

Land fertility varies greatly because of influence by mountains, rivers and coastal lowlands.

As a result, agricultural businesses are primarily plantation-based, as well as subsistence farming and animal husbandry, followed by forest resources.

It has so many tourist attractions divided into several tourism zone units (Indonesian: Satuan Kawasan Wisata (SKW)): Media related to Garut Regency at Wikimedia Commons