Batang (Javanese: ꦧꦠꦁ) is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) on the north coast of Central Java province in Indonesia.

Batang's town centre is located on the side of the north coast trans-Java highway network, widely known as "the Pantura".

Economic activities are concentrated along this highway and also in the vicinity of the town square known as "alun-alun".

These include: Every "Jumat Kliwon" night (the night before a particular Friday, which coincides with the mystical fifth day of Kliwon of the Javanese calendar) people gather in the town square, creating a monthly festival with hundreds of street vendors selling goods.

Goenawan Mohamad - democracy activist, writer and also prominent national press figure, was born in Batang.