The town is situated on the confluence of two nullahs (streams), Malwani and Mahl (ماہلوانی اور ماہل) at a distance of 93 km from Muzaffarabad.

On 8 October 2005, Bagh was hit by a devastating earthquake that killed 8,500 people,[2] which represented 10% of the population.

The worst hit institutes were a school named Spring Field Children academy (where 300 plus children died in junior campus), the boys' degree college and girls' degree college Bagh.

Bagh is located 80 kilometres from Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir.

Whereas Rawàlakot and Forward Khauta are two cities connected to Bagh as all lies in sudnothi division of Kashmir.