The Ihtiman valley is enclosed between the Vakarel Mountain to the northwest and the ridges of Belitsa to the northeast, Vetren to the southeast, and Septemvriyski to the south–southwest.

[1] The slopes of the Ihtiman Valley have uneven gradient and size, ranging from longer and oblique at the Vakarel Mountain, to steep Septemvriyski ridge.

Apart from the town of Ihtiman, there are eight villages — Boeritsa, Venkovets, Verinsko, Zhivkovo, Mirovo, Polyantsi, Stambolovo and Chernyovo.

Parallel to the motorway runs a 16.3 km section of the first class I-8 road Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo, both of them part of the strategic European route E80.

[1][3] The climatic and soil conditions of the Ihtiman Valley are favourable for agriculture, mainly cereals and potatoes, as well as animal husbandry.