Basmenj
{{Short description|City in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division|Basmenj District}}
{{Expand Persian|topic=geo|باسمنج|date=June 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = East Azerbaijan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Tabriz
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Basmenj
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population_total = 12692
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|timezone = IRST
|utc_offset = +3:30
|coordinates = {{coord|37|59|46|N|46|28|20|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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Basmenj ({{langx|fa|باسمنج}}){{efn|Also romanized as Bāsmenj; also known as Bāsmej and Bāsmīnj{{GEOnet3|-3055738}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Basmenj District in Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding country divisions in Tabriz County of East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-دوم-مرداد-1400/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328221415/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-دوم-مرداد-1400/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=28 March 2023|orig-date=Approved 28 April 1400|id=Notification 46287/T58642H|date=26 September 2021|access-date=6 September 2024}} Basmenj is located {{convert|10|km|mi}} southeast of Tabriz and lies at an altitude of {{convert|1791|m|ft}}, covering an area of 2 square kilometres.
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,736 in 2,873 households, when it was in the Central District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 11,190 people in 3,283 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,692 people in 3,890 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=13 November 2020}}
In 2021, the city was separated from the district in the establishment of Basmenj District.
See also
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{{East Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Tabriz County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in East Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Tabriz County
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