Bengkulu, oo taariikh ahaan loo yaqaan Bencoolen ama Bencoolen British ah, waa mid ka mid ah gobollada Indonesia waxayna ku taal xeebta koonfur galbeed ee Sumatra. Waxaa la aasaasay 18kii Nofembar 1968 iyada oo la kala soocay degaankii hore ee Bengkulu oo ka yimid gobolka Sumatra (Sumatra Selatan) sida ku cad Sharciga No. 9 ee 1967 waxaana lagu aqoonsaday Xeerka Dawladda Tirada 20-aad ee 1968. Faafin 19,813 km2, waxaa la xannibay Gobollada Waqooyiga Sumatra (Sumatra Barat) ee waqooyiga, Jambi ilaa waqooyi-bari, Lampung ilaa koonfur-bari, Koonfurta Sumatra (Sumatra Selatan), iyo Badweynta Hindiya xagga waqooyi-galbeed, koonfur, koonfur-galbeed, iyo galbeed. Bengkulu waa gobolka 25aad ee ugu ballaaran gobolka; waxaa loo qaybiyaa sagaal xaflado iyo magaalooyinka kala duwan ee magaalada Bengkulu, caasimadda iyo magaalada ugu weyn. Bengkulu sidoo kale waa gobolka 26aad ee ugu weyn ee dadweynaha ku nool Indonesia. Sida laga soo xigtay sii-deynta Badan Pusat Statistik, waxay leedahay kow iyo toban heerka sare ee Horumarka Aadanaha ee gobollada, oo leh dhibco qiyaastii 0.744 sanadka 2013.