Sharora is an urban-type settlement located in the southwestern part of the Gissar district of Tajikistan . The status of the town was given in 1939. The former name is October. The population of 12.9 thousand people.
| Settlement | |
| Sharora | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Areas of Republican Subordination |
| Area | Gissar district |
| History and Geography | |
| PGT with | 1939 |
| Population | |
| Population | 12.9 thousand people ( 2016 ) |
| Nationalities | Tajiks |
| Denominations | Muslims are Sunnis |
In January 1989, the village was destroyed by an earthquake with an amplitude of 5-6 points that occurred in the Hissar region and claimed hundreds of human lives. According to newspapers, the earthquake covered an area of ββmore than 2100 square kilometers. At the epicenter, the thrust reached seven points, causing giant landslides. One of them, about two kilometers wide, fell off the hill, covering the southern part of the Sharor kishlak, and at the same time the other, in the form of liquid clay lava, came down from the opposite slope and reached the villages of Okuli-Bolo and Okuli-Poen. According to preliminary estimates by experts, the volume of landslides reached a billion cubic meters. Conducting rescue operations was complicated by the abundant discharge of groundwater to the surface of the earth [1] .
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- β Hissar disaster