Hoit (, ''Ḥāʼeṭ'', ''Khait'') is a village and

jamoat The jamoats of Tajikistan (; , "village communes") are the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan. As of January 2020, there are 368 rural jamoats, 65 towns and 18 ci ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. It is located in

Rasht District Rasht District ( ''Nohiyai Rasht'', formerly called ''Gharm District'') is a district in Tajikistan, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies between the city of Vahdat in the west and Lakhsh District in the east; its southern ne ...

, one of the

Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (; , Latin Tajik alphabet: ), is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 distric ...

. 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 (Vakhsh) with its tributaries Yasman and Yarkhych.

Earthquake catastrophe

On 10 July 1949 one of the three largest

earthquake An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they ...

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