Neighboring municipalities include Qarnayel to the north, Deir al-Harf and Btebiat to the west, Bmariam to the south, and el-Qalaa to the east.

It has a strategic place in Lebanon; it is close to the Bekaa Valley, Beirut, Bikfaya, and the Chouf.

During the 1960s and early 1970s Beirutis and Arabs used to come to Btekhnay and rent places to stay in the summer because of the cool weather and picturesque landscape around the village.

Later In the decade during the Lebanese Civil War it was regarded as one of the safest villages in the region.

Nevertheless Btekhnay has many buildings and monuments such as the Btekhnay Clock Tower, The Martyrs Square, The Town Hall (Khaliye), the General Medical Center (mestawsef), the Miqam and Khalwe.