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Municipalities that have burned most often in Armenia

Municipalities of Armenia with at least one fire larger than 300 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 33. With two or more: 28. Top of the list is Sisian, which has burned 23 times in 8 years, with 12,668 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1SisianSyunik23×8 years · 12,668 ha
  2. 2VardenisGegharkunik19×7 years · 9,634 ha
  3. 3HrazdanKotayk18×5 years · 8,936 ha
  4. 4MartuniGegharkunik14×6 years · 8,182 ha
  5. 5KarmirGegharkunik13×6 years · 8,055 ha
  6. 6GugarkLori11×3 years · 6,211 ha
  7. 7TavushTavush9×5 years · 3,564 ha
  8. 8SpitakLori8×3 years · 5,005 ha
  9. 9GavarGegharkunik8×3 years · 4,302 ha
  10. 10SevanGegharkunik8×5 years · 3,579 ha
  11. 11AniShirak8×4 years · 2,661 ha
  12. 12StepanavanLori7×3 years · 6,349 ha
  13. 13GorisSyunik6×4 years · 2,557 ha
  14. 14IdjevanTavush6×3 years · 1,819 ha
  15. 15KapanSyunik5×3 years · 2,633 ha
  16. 16KotaykKotayk5×2 years · 2,570 ha
  17. 17VaykVayots Dzor5×4 years · 2,299 ha
  18. 18DilidjanTavush5×2 years · 1,537 ha
  19. 19MeghriSyunik4×4 years · 4,997 ha
  20. 20TashirLori4×2 years · 695 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1SisianSyunik12,668 ha23× · 7.4 %
  2. 2VardenisGegharkunik9,634 ha19× · 8.4 %
  3. 3HrazdanKotayk8,936 ha18× · 9.3 %
  4. 4MartuniGegharkunik8,182 ha14× · 7.0 %
  5. 5KarmirGegharkunik8,055 ha13× · 12 %
  6. 6StepanavanLori6,349 ha7× · 10 %
  7. 7GugarkLori6,211 ha11× · 7.9 %
  8. 8SpitakLori5,005 ha8× · 9.2 %
  9. 9MeghriSyunik4,997 ha4× · 7.2 %
  10. 10GavarGegharkunik4,302 ha8× · 6.6 %
  11. 11AraratArarat3,585 ha3× · 2.5 %
  12. 12SevanGegharkunik3,579 ha8× · 9.8 %
  13. 13TavushTavush3,564 ha9× · 4.3 %
  14. 14AniShirak2,661 ha8× · 6.4 %
  15. 15KapanSyunik2,633 ha5× · 1.9 %
  16. 16KotaykKotayk2,570 ha5× · 3.0 %
  17. 17GorisSyunik2,557 ha6× · 3.5 %
  18. 18VaykVayots Dzor2,299 ha5× · 1.9 %
  19. 19IdjevanTavush1,819 ha6× · 1.8 %
  20. 20DilidjanTavush1,537 ha5× · 4.5 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1KarmirGegharkunik12 %8,055 ha · 670 km²
  2. 2StepanavanLori10 %6,349 ha · 608 km²
  3. 3SevanGegharkunik9.8 %3,579 ha · 366 km²
  4. 4HrazdanKotayk9.3 %8,936 ha · 959 km²
  5. 5SpitakLori9.2 %5,005 ha · 544 km²
  6. 6VardenisGegharkunik8.4 %9,634 ha · 1,151 km²
  7. 7GugarkLori7.9 %6,211 ha · 790 km²
  8. 8SisianSyunik7.4 %12,668 ha · 1,708 km²
  9. 9MeghriSyunik7.2 %4,997 ha · 697 km²
  10. 10MartuniGegharkunik7.0 %8,182 ha · 1,164 km²
  11. 11GavarGegharkunik6.6 %4,302 ha · 649 km²
  12. 12AniShirak6.4 %2,661 ha · 417 km²
  13. 13DilidjanTavush4.5 %1,537 ha · 341 km²
  14. 14TavushTavush4.3 %3,564 ha · 821 km²
  15. 15GorisSyunik3.5 %2,557 ha · 725 km²
  16. 16KotaykKotayk3.0 %2,570 ha · 854 km²
  17. 17AshotckShirak2.7 %1,532 ha · 560 km²
  18. 18AraratArarat2.5 %3,585 ha · 1,411 km²
  19. 19KapanSyunik1.9 %2,633 ha · 1,372 km²
  20. 20VaykVayots Dzor1.9 %2,299 ha · 1,223 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 300 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.