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Communes that have burned most often in Benin

Communes of Benin with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 37. With two or more: 29. Top of the list is Tanguiéta, which has burned 416 times in 11 years, with 1,592,870 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1TanguiétaAtakora416×11 years · 1,592,870 ha
  2. 2KarimamaAlibori382×11 years · 879,190 ha
  3. 3KérouAtakora126×10 years · 223,702 ha
  4. 4KandiAlibori79×11 years · 137,537 ha
  5. 5BanikoaraAlibori67×10 years · 110,497 ha
  6. 6BassilaDonga57×11 years · 219,609 ha
  7. 7MatériAtakora42×9 years · 80,558 ha
  8. 8MalanvilleAlibori37×11 years · 32,006 ha
  9. 9TchaourouBorgou22×5 years · 35,099 ha
  10. 10SegbanaAlibori21×8 years · 27,115 ha
  11. 11SavèCollines18×6 years · 24,269 ha
  12. 12OuèssèCollines16×7 years · 17,527 ha
  13. 13BoukombeAtakora15×8 years · 15,505 ha
  14. 14KalaléBorgou11×5 years · 14,476 ha
  15. 15GlazouéCollines11×6 years · 10,074 ha
  16. 16GogounouAlibori10×7 years · 20,325 ha
  17. 17BantèCollines10×6 years · 14,267 ha
  18. 18SavalouCollines8×3 years · 8,478 ha
  19. 19ToucountounaAtakora6×5 years · 3,396 ha
  20. 20N'daliBorgou5×4 years · 4,755 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1TanguiétaAtakora1,592,870 ha416× · 2.8×
  2. 2KarimamaAlibori879,190 ha382× · 1.4×
  3. 3KérouAtakora223,702 ha126× · 57 %
  4. 4BassilaDonga219,609 ha57× · 39 %
  5. 5KandiAlibori137,537 ha79× · 39 %
  6. 6BanikoaraAlibori110,497 ha67× · 25 %
  7. 7MatériAtakora80,558 ha42× · 45 %
  8. 8TchaourouBorgou35,099 ha22× · 5.2 %
  9. 9MalanvilleAlibori32,006 ha37× · 9.7 %
  10. 10SegbanaAlibori27,115 ha21× · 5.8 %
  11. 11SavèCollines24,269 ha18× · 11 %
  12. 12GogounouAlibori20,325 ha10× · 4.0 %
  13. 13OuèssèCollines17,527 ha16× · 5.8 %
  14. 14BoukombeAtakora15,505 ha15× · 16 %
  15. 15KalaléBorgou14,476 ha11× · 3.8 %
  16. 16BantèCollines14,267 ha10× · 5.3 %
  17. 17GlazouéCollines10,074 ha11× · 5.7 %
  18. 18SavalouCollines8,478 ha8× · 3.2 %
  19. 19DjougouDonga5,870 ha2× · 1.5 %
  20. 20N'daliBorgou4,755 ha5× · 1.3 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1TanguiétaAtakora2.8×1,592,870 ha · 5,603 km²
  2. 2KarimamaAlibori1.4×879,190 ha · 6,120 km²
  3. 3KérouAtakora57 %223,702 ha · 3,908 km²
  4. 4MatériAtakora45 %80,558 ha · 1,775 km²
  5. 5KandiAlibori39 %137,537 ha · 3,513 km²
  6. 6BassilaDonga39 %219,609 ha · 5,669 km²
  7. 7BanikoaraAlibori25 %110,497 ha · 4,414 km²
  8. 8BoukombeAtakora16 %15,505 ha · 991 km²
  9. 9SavèCollines11 %24,269 ha · 2,283 km²
  10. 10MalanvilleAlibori9.7 %32,006 ha · 3,284 km²
  11. 11PobèPlateau8.6 %3,702 ha · 430 km²
  12. 12BopaMono7.1 %2,674 ha · 376 km²
  13. 13OuèssèCollines5.8 %17,527 ha · 2,997 km²
  14. 14SegbanaAlibori5.8 %27,115 ha · 4,706 km²
  15. 15GlazouéCollines5.7 %10,074 ha · 1,772 km²
  16. 16BantèCollines5.3 %14,267 ha · 2,669 km²
  17. 17TchaourouBorgou5.2 %35,099 ha · 6,813 km²
  18. 18GogounouAlibori4.0 %20,325 ha · 5,036 km²
  19. 19KalaléBorgou3.8 %14,476 ha · 3,789 km²
  20. 20ZogbodomeyZou3.8 %3,151 ha · 838 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,000 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.