The town of Batak has a population of 4 000 inhabitants. It is an administrative centre of 2 settlements. The town lies at a distance of 36 km south of Pazardzhik along the Batashka River at an altitude of 1 036 m.

The region has been populated since ancient times. In 1592 the town is mentioned for the first time under the same name at an inscription on the fountain at the Krichim Monastery. During the April Rebellion (1876) the town is burned down and more than 3 000 people are slaughtered. Against the mass slaughters in Batak protest Victor Hugo, William Gladstone, Makgahan, Dostoevski and Lev Tolstoy. The town is liberated in 1878.

The tourist sights of the town are: The History Museum, the church "St. Nedelya" (1813), the dam-lake " Batak", the "Tzigov Chark" resort and other natural landmarks.