The border is located 17 km from the city of Marivan, near the border village BaShamaq, through which goods enter and leave Iraqi Kurdistan in transit. The Bashmaq border, which was first opened in 1994, is about 6 km from the first border town of Sulaimaniyah province (Sulaimaniyah city) and about 130 km from the center of Sulaimaniyah province (Sulaimaniyah city). For economic activities between Iran and Iraq.
Kurdistan Cement Factory, 281 km away, is the closest factory to the Bashmaq border.