Hit or Heet (Arabic: هيت, Hīt) is a city in Al Anbar Governorate of Iraq.

[1] Hit marks the beginning of the high sedimentary plain on the Euphrates,[2] and it contains a number of hot springs.

[4] The walled town, which had already suffered extensive damage during the Ottoman Empire, was abandoned in the 1920s, leading to its rapid deterioration.

During the Early Dynastic Period the Sumerians discovered bitumen wells in the region, which they used in building the Ziggurats.

Its importance was attested by Sargon himself, who said that the god Dagon gave him the area which comprised Tutul and Mari, capital of the Amorites.

[clarification needed] During the era of Aramean expansion in the 11th century BC, they settled in Eru for a time before moving to southern Iraq.

Ibn Hawqal remarked on its large population, and Hamdallah Mustawfi counted over 30 villages as its dependencies.

The city produced a great deal of fruit; its noted agricultural products included nuts, dates, oranges, and eggplants.

However, the neighboring bitumen springs produced an overpowering stench that made Hit unpleasant to live in.

[9] In October 2014, the city had fallen to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, but was recaptured after a military offensive by the Iraqi Army in April 2016.