It is located on the island of Sumatra, and was created on 25 February 2003 by splitting off the areas of the former southern districts of Rejang Lebong Regency.

These include rice, oil- and coconut palms, coffee, tea, corn, wood, natural rubber and pepper, as well as various types of fruits and locally bred fish specimens and products.

[5] The local government of Kepahiang operates several development projects to achieve improvements in the sector of agriculture, energy supply and education.

Due to this fact, the Dutch targeted and destroyed the entire administrative infrastructure in Kepahiang during an attempt to regain power over the region in 1948.

In 1956, Curup was declared the new capital of Rejang Lebong Regency, and Kepahiang finally lost its prior position as the administrative center.

[9] In the context of political and administrative reforms in Indonesia that started in 1998, Kepahiang had a realistic chance to become an independent regency.

This was accepted and finally ratified by General Hari Sabarno, who served as the Minister of Interior at that time, and came into effect at 7 January 2004.

It depends on its sensitive natural environment and understand that it has to maintain and protect it properly in order to achieve long-lasting success.

The pentagonal frame of Kepahiang's crest reflects its territorial entity, as well as the Pancasila doctrine taught in Indonesia.

The current mayor, Hidayatullah Sjahid, was appointed as Acting Regent in January 2004; after a gap of more than a decade, he was elected into office in February 2021.

Due to this representatives of Malay culture, aristocrats and royalty not just from Indonesia but from Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines (Mindanao) for instance maintain good relations to Kepahiang and are regular guests there.

The local government regularly invites to common bicycle tours in order to encourage an active way of life.

The mayor's office in Kepahiang stands out in regards to dimensions and architectural design and attracts tourists as well as locals.

The largest flower in the world, Rafflesia arnoldii, has its natural habitat in Kepahiang and the Province of Bengkulu in south Sumatra.

The tea plantations in the district of Kabawetan offer fresh climate and a unique panorama view and therefore are a local attraction already suitable for visitors and tourists as well.

Secondly, it shall provide reliable information about the Regency of Kepahiang, recent and ongoing programs as well as potentials and opportunities for interested investors and entrepreneurs.

Due to this fact, the local government provides advanced educational programs including provision of scholarships for students willing to study majors related to geothermal energy supply and technology for instance.

[34] The local economy is based on the regencies natural resources, agriculture and plantations, horticulture as well as livestock and fish breeding.

Although there are no oil and gas reserves found in Kepahiang, the existing assets of the regency seem to provide a solid foundation for progressive economic development.

IKUTT aims to structure the sector of livestock and fish breeding, horticulture and the cultivation of food plants whereas SELUNA is meant to manage and optimize the cultivation of sengon trees, dragon fruits and the production of luwak (civet cat) coffee.

It is grown as a secondary plant next to Sengon trees for instance instead of monocultural plantations which would again create unfavourable dependencies for farmers.

[45] Growing sengon (Falcataria moluccana) is an important part of Kepahiang strategy to diversify income structures in the Regency.

Furthermore, the cultivation of sengon requires affordable investment volumes allowing local investors to participate in the sector.

The local governments approach to use the sustainable cultivation method of sengon to generate additional income and mitigate the risk of depending too much on single agricultural products gained recognition on a national scale and was eventually adopted by central government institutions as well.

[48] Cocoa is another crop that bears the potential to lessen farmers dependencies,[36] as its cultivation is profitable even on relatively small fields and generates local income.

[55] The livestock and fish farming is being funded under the program IKUTT[55] serving as an additional source of income for locals.

[58] Specification of coal confirmed in the village of Taba Padang Lubuk Saung TM: 17.63%, IM : 11.83%, Ash : 14.96%, VM : 38.52%, FC : 35.11%, TS : 0.49%, GCV: 5,492.

[58] The coal reserves confirmed in the village of Tanjung Alam has between 4,500 and 5,200 kcal/kg[58] and has the following specifications: TM: 29.94%, IM: 12.93, Ash: 27.47%, VM: 32.15%.

[66] The government is cautious about the exploiting methods as most of its current economical pillars are largely based on the sensitive environmental balance that has to be preserved properly.

The Geological Institut of Bandung has conducted a survey that confirmed a geothermal energy reservoir of 2000 m depth on an area of 20 km2.