[1] The regency contains the Ogan-Komering Ilir, or floodplain lakes, an area of wetland covering about 200,000 hectares.

[5] Major crops include coffee, sugar cane, oil palm, rubber, cocoa bean, pineapple, tea and fish.

(c) comprising 11 kelurahan (Cintaraja, Jua-jua, Kayu Agung, Kedaton, Kutaraja, Mangun Jaya, Paku, Perigi, Sidakersa, Sukadana and Tanjung Rancing) and 14 desa.

The 4 districts of Kota Kayu Agung, Sirah Pulau Padang, Jejawi and Pampangan, with a combined area of 1,043.08 km2 and a population of 192,804 in mid 2022,[7] form part of the Palembang metropolitan area.

Then, based on the Emergency Act No.4/1956 on the Establishment of the Autonomous Region Regencies in South Sumatra Province, Ogan Komering Ilir became one of the regencies in the province of South Sumatra.