Administratively, at the 2010 Census the regency was divided into seven districts (kecamatan).

The four new districts were Marga Punduh, Teluk Pandan, Way Ratai and Way Khilau.

[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) in each district and its post code.

(c) the district includes 7 islands off the south coast of Sumatra.

In September 2010, a number of people in Umbul Baru were rushed to a community health center after consuming water poisoned by industrial waste which was allegedly dumped in the Cikantor River by the gold mining company PT Napal Umbar Picung (NUP).