The area of the eastern slopes and valley of Mount Cereme has been known as the Kuningan Duchy since the Hindu period as part of the Galuh Kingdom circa 14th century.

The oldest archaeological findings in the region were found in 1972, objects such as sherds, stone tools, gravestones, and ceramics were unearthed in the Cipari megalithic site with shreds of evidence from the bronze and iron metallurgical culture, assumed it belong to the Old Megalithicum age, from around 3500 BC to 1500 BC.

[5] Based on findings, at those times, prehistoric humans in Kuningan were at the transition of semi-nomadic and pastoralism.

They mainly lived near rivers and water springs on the eastern slopes of Mount Ciremai.

He was the son of Danghiyang Guru Sempakwaja, a resiguru (clergy) of Sanghiyang (a fusion of ancestor-worshiping religion and Hinduism), based in Galunggung.

[8] After the conflict, Danghiyang Guru Sempakwaja appointed Sang Pandawa a resiguru in Layuwatang.

During his rule, the capital city of the kingdom was Saunggalah (now in Salia Kampong, Ciherang Village, Nusaherang District).

Rahiyang Saunggalah then succeeded as king of the Sunda Kingdom in 1298 with the royal title of Prabu Ragasuci.

[12] In the 15th century, an ulama and also a ruler named Syarif Hidayatullah settled in Cirebon, to spread Islam in this still pagan area.

There is a dedicated small museum in the village, about 25 km from Cirebon, which records the events of the Linggadjati conference.

In the 1950s, due to the insurgency of Kartosuwiryo, many of the residents moved to Jakarta and other large cities on Java Island.

The regency's landscape is composed of volcanoes, steep terrain, forests, mountains rivers, and fertile agricultural land.

A legendary creature in the form of a giant white eel was believed by residents as the reason for the lengthy duration of the construction.

Amongst other things, this is because farmers who are producing local patchouli oil do not pay attention to factors such as the treatment of raw materials, the proportion of patchouli stems used with leaves, distillation methods, types of material used, reliance on solar stills, and inappropriate cooling and circulation techniques in production.

Further, densities that too small or too large reduce the low percentage of essential oil which can recovered.

It is divided into 32 districts (kecamatan), subdivided in turn into 376 villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan).

(c) comprising 10 kelurahan (Awirarangan, Cigintung, Cijoho, Ciporang, Cirendang, Citangtu, Kuningan, Purwawinangun, Winduhaji and Windusengkahan) and 6 desa.

There are several tourist locations in Kuningan Regency such as: the Linggarjati Museum, Sangkanhurip Hot Springs, Cibulan and Cigugur fish pond, Darma Dam (Waduk Darma), Cipari's Ancient settlement, and Talaga Remis (Remis Lake).

The area of Palutungan, a new location tourist destination, is known as the "Lembang of Kuningan" (Lembang and is a famous tourist destination near Bandung), located at 1,100 metres above sea level which has fresh air, good views and an 8-metre waterfall.

The traveller from Kuningan to Palutungan can pass through Cigugur fish pond and Cisantana Maria retreat cave.