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Communes that have burned most often in Algeria

Communes of Algeria with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 515. With two or more: 315. Top of the list is Darguina, which has burned 32 times in 7 years, with 8,161 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1DarguinaJijel32×7 years · 8,161 ha
  2. 2Hammam Beni SalahEl Tarf29×7 years · 10,112 ha
  3. 3ZitounaEl Tarf26×8 years · 11,893 ha
  4. 4ChefiaEl Tarf25×7 years · 12,136 ha
  5. 5Tizi N'BerberBejaia22×6 years · 5,897 ha
  6. 6El TarfEl Tarf21×8 years · 7,380 ha
  7. 7TaskrioutJijel21×9 years · 3,355 ha
  8. 8ChihaniEl Tarf20×6 years · 6,805 ha
  9. 9MesselmounTipaza19×9 years · 5,832 ha
  10. 10BuqusEl Tarf18×7 years · 9,490 ha
  11. 11Ouled HellalMédéa17×4 years · 9,800 ha
  12. 12Ouled HbabaSkikda17×6 years · 3,961 ha
  13. 13Ibn BadisConstantine16×6 years · 14,695 ha
  14. 14BoukhelifaBejaia15×6 years · 8,325 ha
  15. 15NechmayaAnnaba15×5 years · 6,679 ha
  16. 16Ziama MansouriahJijel14×8 years · 10,728 ha
  17. 17Bekkouche LakhdarSkikda14×6 years · 6,726 ha
  18. 18RokniaGuelma14×6 years · 5,796 ha
  19. 19Ouled AntarMédéa14×3 years · 4,269 ha
  20. 20AsfourEl Tarf14×7 years · 3,180 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1ToudjaBejaia16,042 ha8× · 95 %
  2. 2Ibn BadisConstantine14,695 ha16× · 46 %
  3. 3ChefiaEl Tarf12,136 ha25× · 63 %
  4. 4EulmaAnnaba11,965 ha11× · 74 %
  5. 5ZitounaEl Tarf11,893 ha26× · 74 %
  6. 6Oued DjemaaAïn Defla11,396 ha10× · 46 %
  7. 7Beni KsilaBejaia10,873 ha10× · 59 %
  8. 8Ziama MansouriahJijel10,728 ha14× · 96 %
  9. 9Oued El AnebAnnaba10,670 ha7× · 56 %
  10. 10Hammam Beni SalahEl Tarf10,112 ha29× · 48 %
  11. 11Ouled HellalMédéa9,800 ha17× · 46 %
  12. 12BoucheghoufAnnaba9,758 ha11× · 49 %
  13. 13BuqusEl Tarf9,490 ha18× · 44 %
  14. 14TexennaJijel9,459 ha11× · 58 %
  15. 15SeraidiAnnaba9,095 ha5× · 67 %
  16. 16BerrahalAnnaba8,792 ha6× · 49 %
  17. 17BoukhelifaBejaia8,325 ha15× · 72 %
  18. 18Oum ToubSkikda8,239 ha9× · 46 %
  19. 19DarguinaJijel8,161 ha32× · 97 %
  20. 20El HachimiaBouira7,853 ha2× · 32 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Bordj TaharJijel1.1×5,774 ha · 51 km²
  2. 2Tizi N'BerberBejaia1.1×5,897 ha · 53 km²
  3. 3OudjanaJijel1.1×6,497 ha · 61 km²
  4. 4TaskrioutJijel1.1×3,355 ha · 32 km²
  5. 5Beni YenniTizi Ouzou100 %3,453 ha · 35 km²
  6. 6Ain El HammamTizi Ouzou99 %3,844 ha · 39 km²
  7. 7DarguinaJijel97 %8,161 ha · 84 km²
  8. 8Ziama MansouriahJijel96 %10,728 ha · 112 km²
  9. 9ToudjaBejaia95 %16,042 ha · 169 km²
  10. 10MelbouJijel93 %4,417 ha · 47 km²
  11. 11TichyBejaia92 %5,098 ha · 56 km²
  12. 12TamridjetJijel89 %4,289 ha · 48 km²
  13. 13ChahnaJijel81 %6,935 ha · 86 km²
  14. 14AokasBejaia80 %2,261 ha · 28 km²
  15. 15Ouled Yahia KhedroucheJijel77 %6,348 ha · 82 km²
  16. 16MaalaBlida76 %4,221 ha · 55 km²
  17. 17AkbilTizi Ouzou75 %2,821 ha · 37 km²
  18. 18EulmaAnnaba74 %11,965 ha · 162 km²
  19. 19ZitounaEl Tarf74 %11,893 ha · 162 km²
  20. 20BoukhelifaBejaia72 %8,325 ha · 116 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.