It was created on 20 April 1999 by separation of the province's northern districts formerly within the Luwu Regency; however on 25 February 2003 it was reduced when the easternmost of these same districts were split off to create the East Luwu Regency.

In 1999, during the early days of the Reform movement across the Republic of Indonesia, Law No.

Specifically, on February 10, 1999, the Luwu Regency DPRD issued Decree No.

Finally, on April 20, 1999, North Luwu Regency was established as stipulated in the Republic of Indonesia Law No.

[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the numbers of administrative villages in each district (totalling 7 urban kelurahan and 166 rural desa), and its post code.