Hoit, Tajikistan

Hoit
Hoit
Village and Jamoat
	Hoit
	Coordinates: 39°11′N 70°53′E / 39.183°N 70.883°E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Districts of Republican Subordination
District	Rasht District
Population (2015)
• Total	7,716
Time zone	UTC+5 (TJT)

Hoit (Tajik: Ҳоит, Persian: حائط Ḥāʼeṭ, Russian: Хаит Khait) is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Rasht District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. The jamoat has a total population of 7,716 (2015).^[1] Hoit is situated near the confluences of the river Surkhob (Vakhsh) with its tributaries Yasman and Yarkhych.

Earthquake catastrophe[edit]

On 10 July 1949 one of the three largest earthquakes of the 20th century, struck Tajikistan at Hoit.^[2] Twenty villages in the Yasman valley, Hoit and nearby Hisorak were covered with mud and debris.^[3] Estimates of the number of casualties range from 7,200^[3] to 29,000.^[2]

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.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 14 October 2020
^ ^a ^b "Invest today for a safer tomorrow" (PDF). United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Relief. July 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
^ ^a ^b Evans, S.G.; Roberts N.J.; Ischuck A.; Delaney K.B.; Morozova G.S.; Tutubalina O. (20 November 2009). "Landslides triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake, Tajikistan, and associated loss of life". Engineering Geology. 109 (3–4): 195–212. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.08.007.
^ "Support of the National Disaster Response Capacity in Tajikistan". United Nations. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

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[jambi-1] Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 14 October 2020

[isdr-2] "Invest today for a safer tomorrow" (PDF). United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Relief. July 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-02.

[Evans-3] Evans, S.G.; Roberts N.J.; Ischuck A.; Delaney K.B.; Morozova G.S.; Tutubalina O. (20 November 2009). "Landslides triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake, Tajikistan, and associated loss of life". Engineering Geology. 109 (3–4): 195–212. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.08.007.

[4] "Support of the National Disaster Response Capacity in Tajikistan". United Nations. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

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