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Municipalities that have burned most often in Angola

Municipalities of Angola with at least one fire larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 114. With two or more: 96. Top of the list is Mavinga, which has burned 186 times in 11 years, with 1,594,015 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MavingaCuando Cubango186×11 years · 1,594,015 ha
  2. 2DiricoCuando Cubango151×11 years · 1,581,539 ha
  3. 3MucondaLunda Sul116×11 years · 852,608 ha
  4. 4RivungoCuando Cubango114×11 years · 1,265,430 ha
  5. 5SaurimoLunda Sul102×11 years · 677,843 ha
  6. 6LucapaLunda Norte93×11 years · 703,969 ha
  7. 7NancovaCuando Cubango86×11 years · 814,989 ha
  8. 8LubaloLunda Norte85×11 years · 833,195 ha
  9. 9CuiloLunda Norte82×11 years · 561,115 ha
  10. 10Capenda-CamulembaLunda Norte72×11 years · 934,543 ha
  11. 11Cuito CuanavaleCuando Cubango68×11 years · 449,868 ha
  12. 12CuangarCuando Cubango59×11 years · 394,240 ha
  13. 13CaungulaLunda Norte58×8 years · 428,394 ha
  14. 14CuvelaiCunene53×10 years · 308,811 ha
  15. 15CacoloLunda Sul52×10 years · 530,862 ha
  16. 16LuchazesMoxico49×10 years · 334,325 ha
  17. 17BundasMoxico43×10 years · 287,139 ha
  18. 18CalaiCuando Cubango42×11 years · 403,765 ha
  19. 19CuanhamaCunene41×10 years · 323,862 ha
  20. 20QuibalaCuanza Sul38×8 years · 289,331 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MavingaCuando Cubango1,594,015 ha186× · 36 %
  2. 2DiricoCuando Cubango1,581,539 ha151× · 84 %
  3. 3RivungoCuando Cubango1,265,430 ha114× · 44 %
  4. 4Capenda-CamulembaLunda Norte934,543 ha72× · 94 %
  5. 5MucondaLunda Sul852,608 ha116× · 30 %
  6. 6LubaloLunda Norte833,195 ha85× · 57 %
  7. 7NancovaCuando Cubango814,989 ha86× · 78 %
  8. 8LucapaLunda Norte703,969 ha93× · 38 %
  9. 9SaurimoLunda Sul677,843 ha102× · 29 %
  10. 10CuiloLunda Norte561,115 ha82× · 55 %
  11. 11CacoloLunda Sul530,862 ha52× · 43 %
  12. 12Cuito CuanavaleCuando Cubango449,868 ha68× · 13 %
  13. 13CaungulaLunda Norte428,394 ha58× · 37 %
  14. 14CalaiCuando Cubango403,765 ha42× · 51 %
  15. 15CuangarCuando Cubango394,240 ha59× · 21 %
  16. 16MussendeCuanza Sul367,282 ha28× · 32 %
  17. 17LuchazesMoxico334,325 ha49× · 8.1 %
  18. 18CuanhamaCunene323,862 ha41× · 16 %
  19. 19Xá-MutebaLunda Norte313,605 ha33× · 22 %
  20. 20CuvelaiCunene308,811 ha53× · 20 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Capenda-CamulembaLunda Norte94 %934,543 ha · 9,901 km²
  2. 2DiricoCuando Cubango84 %1,581,539 ha · 18,823 km²
  3. 3NancovaCuando Cubango78 %814,989 ha · 10,407 km²
  4. 4BuengasUíge74 %214,830 ha · 2,886 km²
  5. 5QuiculongoCuanza Norte68 %23,233 ha · 340 km²
  6. 6LubaloLunda Norte57 %833,195 ha · 14,543 km²
  7. 7CuiloLunda Norte55 %561,115 ha · 10,172 km²
  8. 8CalaiCuando Cubango51 %403,765 ha · 7,894 km²
  9. 9QuitexeUíge45 %152,647 ha · 3,375 km²
  10. 10RivungoCuando Cubango44 %1,265,430 ha · 28,596 km²
  11. 11CacoloLunda Sul43 %530,862 ha · 12,420 km²
  12. 12LucapaLunda Norte38 %703,969 ha · 18,667 km²
  13. 13CaungulaLunda Norte37 %428,394 ha · 11,429 km²
  14. 14MavingaCuando Cubango36 %1,594,015 ha · 44,541 km²
  15. 15CangandalaMalanje35 %209,363 ha · 5,955 km²
  16. 16QuimbeleUíge35 %242,128 ha · 6,888 km²
  17. 17MussendeCuanza Sul32 %367,282 ha · 11,405 km²
  18. 18Bula-AtumbaBengo31 %40,177 ha · 1,282 km²
  19. 19MucondaLunda Sul30 %852,608 ha · 28,197 km²
  20. 20Sanza PomboUíge29 %141,954 ha · 4,882 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 5,000 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.