Hoit ( tg, Ҳоит, fa, حائط ''Ḥāʼeṭ'', russian: Хаит ''Khait'') is a village and jamoat in

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. It is located in

Rasht District ) ( tg, Ноҳияи Рашт) , image_map = Location of Rasht District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision ...

, one of the

Districts of Republican Subordination tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ , native_name_lang = , other_name = ناحیه های تابع جمهوری , settlement_type = Region , image_skyline = , ...

. The jamoat has a total population of 7,716 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 14 October 2020 Hoit is situated near the confluences of the river

Surkhob The Vakhsh (Russian and Tajik: Вахш - ''Vaxsh'', fa, وخش), also known as the Surkhob (Сурхоб, سرخاب), in north-central Tajikistan, and the Kyzyl-Suu ( ky, Кызыл-Суу), in Kyrgyzstan, is a Central Asian river, and one of ...

(Vakhsh) with its tributaries

Yasman Yasman (Russian language, Russian and Tajik language, Tajik: Ясман, fa, یَسمَنچچ) is a Jamoats of Tajikistan, jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Rasht District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. References

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and Yarkhych.

Earthquake catastrophe

On 10 July 1949 one of the three largest

earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...

s of the 20th century, struck Tajikistan at Hoit. Twenty villages in the

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valley, Hoit and nearby Hisorak were covered with mud and debris. Estimates of the number of casualties range from 7,200 to 29,000. According to the Global Seismic Hazard Map (GSHAP 1999), the whole country is located in the high to very high risk zone with a history of catastrophic and deadly earthquakes.

References

Populated places in Districts of Republican Subordination Jamoats of Tajikistan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub