Kepahiang Regency

Kepahiang Regency

Kepahiang is a regency of the province of Bengkulu in the south of Sumatra, Indonesia. The capital of the regency is Kepahiang. There are 8 subdistricts and 108 villages in this regency. In 2010, Kepahiang counted 125,001 inhabitants. Kepahiang has a total area of 66,500 hectares of which a high percentage (27%) is still forest. The local society consists of various ethnicities such as Rejang Kepahiang, Serawai, Javanese, Lembak and Sundanese. The Rejang Kepahiang are the majority in Kepahiang.

The Regency of Kepahiang is rich in natural resources including gold, coal, geothermal energy resources, gemstones as well as a range of agricultural, aquacultural and forest products. These include rice, oil- and coconut palms, coffee, tea, corn, wood, natural rubber and pepper, as well as various types of fruits and locally bred fish specimens and products.

The local government of Kepahiang operates several development projects to achieve improvements in the sector of agriculture, energy supply and education. Some of these initiatives gained nationwide attention and were implemented by the central government in Jakarta on a national scale.

Besides the formerly mentioned potentials, Kepahiang has significant tourism potential, which remains largely untapped. It is one of the official development goals to foster tourism in Kepahiang.