Batken (also called Batkent) is a town in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, on the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley.

[2] Its area is 205 square kilometres (79 sq mi),[4] and its resident population was 27,730 in 2021 (both including the villages Bulak-Bashy, Kyzyl-Jol and Bazar-Bashy).

[citation needed] The 2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes has heavily damaged the town, which has been subject to shelling.

Some residents returned to the city throughout the day from the villages to which they had repaired to avoid the danger of fresh shelling.

On September 16, though, the odd projectile landed on Batken too, despite it lying several kilometers from Tajikistan.