Basmenj ( fa, باسمنج; also

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d as Bāsmenj; also known as Bāsmej and Bāsmīnj) is a city in the Central District of

Tabriz County Tabriz County ( fa, شهرستان تبریز) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. I ...

East Azerbaijan East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,736 in 2,873 households. The following census in 2011 counted 11,190 people in 3,283 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 12,692 people in 3,890 households. Basmenj is located southeast of

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vo ...

and lies at an altitude of , covering an area of 2 square kilometres.

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Tabriz County Cities in East Azerbaijan Province Populated places in East Azerbaijan Province Populated places in Tabriz County {{Tabriz-geo-stub