The town of Velingrad has a population of 24 000 inhabitants. It is a municipal centre with 23 component settlements. The town lies at a distance of 49 km from the district centre Pazadzhik. It is located at the Chepino Valley at the Western Rhodope Mountains at an altitude of 750 m.

The region has been populated by the Thracian tribes during V c. B.C. Many mounds, necropolis, walls and fortresses of that time have been discovered. During the Ottoman yoke the population has been forcedly converted to the Muslim religion. The present-day town is formed with the merging of three villages in 1948 - the villages of Kamenitza, Ladzhene and Chepino. Velingrad is a national spa and climate resort. There are more than 70 mineral springs in the region with different temperatures and capacity. The average capacity is between 130-140 litres per second and the temperatures vary from 22 to 91^o C. They are used for treating diseases of the locomotory system, liver, gastric, skin and other diseases.

The lake of Kleptuza is a karst spring near Velingrad. The lake gathers waters from a vast region of karst marbles. The average capacity of the lake spring is 400 litres per second with a temperature of 8 o C.

Tourist sight for the town is the "Yundola" resort lying at a distance of 16 km from the town.