Hit, Iraq

Hīt, also spelled Heet (Arabic: هيت‎), ancient name Is, is an Iraqi city in Al-Anbar province. Hīt lies northwest of Ramadi, the provincial capital.

Hīt

هيت
City
Hit in 2004
Hīt
Coordinates: 33°38′42″N 42°49′35″E
Country Iraq
ProvinceAl-Anbar
DistrictHīt District
Population
 (2018)
 • Total66,700
Time zoneUTC+3 (GMT+3)
Postal code
31007
Ancient nameIs

On the Euphrates River, Hīt is a small walled town built on two mounds on the site of the ancient city of Is. In ancient times, the town was known for its bitumen wells, which were used as far back as 3,000 years ago, to include building of Babylon and for caulking boats. Hīt also became a frontier fortress for Assyria. Now, Hīt is a marketplace for agricultural produce and oil pipelines to the Mediterranean Sea cross the Euphrates there. It was regarded as the head of navigation on the river before the decline in river traffic.[1] Hit marks the beginning of the high sedimentary plain on the Euphrates,[2] and it contains a number of hot springs.[3]

Climate

Hīt has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). Most rain falls in the winter. The average annual temperature in Hīt is 21.9 °C (71.4 °F). About 115 mm (4.53 in) of precipitation falls annually.

Climate data for Hīt
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 14.1
(57.4)		 17.7
(63.9)		 22.4
(72.3)		 28.2
(82.8)		 35.2
(95.4)		 40.3
(104.5)		 42.8
(109.0)		 42.7
(108.9)		 39.2
(102.6)		 32.5
(90.5)		 23.5
(74.3)		 16.2
(61.2)		 29.6
(85.2)
Average low °C (°F) 3.2
(37.8)		 4.6
(40.3)		 8.7
(47.7)		 13.9
(57.0)		 19.1
(66.4)		 22.8
(73.0)		 25.4
(77.7)		 24.8
(76.6)		 21.0
(69.8)		 15.5
(59.9)		 9.1
(48.4)		 4.5
(40.1)		 14.4
(57.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 15
(0.6)		 18
(0.7)		 20
(0.8)		 27
(1.1)		 1
(0.0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 3
(0.1)		 14
(0.6)		 17
(0.7)		 115
(4.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data
  • Hit, Iraq, 2004
  • Kubaisa Oasis, 2003

References
  1. "Hīt". The New Encyclopædia Britannica. V. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1980. p. 66. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. Ru'uf, Amad Abd al-Salam (2005). "هيت من أقدم العصور حتى الاحتلال البريطاني" [Hit from the earliest times to the British occupation]. al-Hikma (in Arabic) (39): 151.
  3. Abdullah, Bakr Ali (2 May 2006). "هيت منزل الآلهة ومدخل الأرض السفلى" [Hit, dwelling of the gods and entrance to the underworld]. Al-Sabah al-Jadid (in Arabic) (510).
  4. Ru'uf 2005, pp. 142–150.
  5. Aboudi, Henry (1991). معجم الحضارات السامية [A Dictionary of Semitic Civilizations] (in Arabic). Tripoli: Jurus Baras. p. 89.
  6. Le Strange (1905), p. 65
  7. Reuters (13 December 2014). "ISIL captures Anbar province town in Iraq, kills 19 police". Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera America, LLC. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  8. "Iraqi forces recapture key town from IS militants". Alaraby. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

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