According to the language origin, Indragiri came from the Sansekerta Language that meant the Kingdom of the Palace, Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu was formed was based on No. UU 6 in 1965, that was led by a Regent with the capital of the regency was the Crack that consisted of 9 subdistricts.

The Indragiri Hulu regency was located in the Riau province widely 8,198.26 Km2, in an astronomical manner was between 0o15’ - 1o5‘ North & 100 o10’ - 102 o48’ West.