[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 205 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

However, the last-mentioned eight districts, comprising the northern 26% of Merangin Regency, are planned to be separated out to form a new Regency - Kabupaten Tabir Raya; these eight districts cover 2,000.07 km2 and had an estimated combined population of 113,841 at the 2020 census,[3] rising to an estimated 117,760 in mid 2023.

[1] However, the implementation of this scheme is delayed due to the moratorium (since 2013) by the Indonesian Government on the creation of new regencies and cities.

The Geopark has a Araucarioxylon fossil tree complete with the root of 300 million years, the oldest in Asia.

Today the ancient Merangin River is usually used for white water sports.