Kepahiang is a town, district, and

regency seat A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a regency in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of county seat in the United States or county town in the United Kingdom. Legally, regency seats are not administrati ...

of Kepahiang Regency in

Bengkulu Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southwest coast of Sumatra. It was formed on 18 November 1968 by separating out the former Bencoolen Residency area from the province of South Sumatra under Law No. 9 of 1967 and was fi ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. With population of around 51,400 in 2021 and population density of around 806 people per square kilometer, it is the most populous and most densely populated district in the regency. It is the administrative and economic center of Kepahiang Regency. It borders Ujan Mas District in the north, Kabawetan and Tebat Karai District in the east, Seberang Musi District in the south, and Central Bengkulu Regency in the west.

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* {{coord missing, Indonesia Districts of Kepahiang Regency Regency seats of Bengkulu