The town of Yablanitza has a population of 3 000 inhabitants and lies at a distance of 66 km southwest of the district centre. The town is the municipal centre of 14 settlements. The town is registered in the Ottoman registry books in 1430 and is known under the name of Ablanitza until 1922. The municipality is specialized in the production of plums, morrello cherries, apples and fodder.

The tourist sights of the town are: a group of ancient houses in the central part of the town dating from XIX c., the caves "Saeva Dupka", "Bezdannia pchelin" and the karst springs of Zlatna Panega.