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Municipalities that have burned most often in Bolivia

Municipalities of Bolivia with at least one fire larger than 3,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 83. With two or more: 62. Top of the list is San Ignacio, which has burned 216 times in 11 years, with 3,779,969 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1San IgnacioSanta Cruz216×11 years · 3,779,969 ha
  2. 2ExaltaciónBeni158×11 years · 1,111,027 ha
  3. 3IxiamasLa Paz114×11 years · 978,387 ha
  4. 4San MatíasSanta Cruz108×11 years · 3,935,947 ha
  5. 5San IgnacioBeni104×10 years · 831,532 ha
  6. 6San JoséSanta Cruz104×11 years · 810,550 ha
  7. 7San RamónBeni92×11 years · 856,605 ha
  8. 8Santa AnaBeni89×10 years · 517,863 ha
  9. 9ConcepciónSanta Cruz88×10 years · 2,704,964 ha
  10. 10San JavierBeni82×10 years · 432,314 ha
  11. 11BauresBeni80×11 years · 658,935 ha
  12. 12HuacarajeBeni80×10 years · 527,789 ha
  13. 13LoretoBeni70×10 years · 388,441 ha
  14. 14MagdalenaBeni69×11 years · 493,237 ha
  15. 15Puerto SuárezSanta Cruz65×11 years · 677,664 ha
  16. 16San JoaquínBeni59×11 years · 500,364 ha
  17. 17El Carmen Rivero TórrezSanta Cruz57×9 years · 322,062 ha
  18. 18San AndrésBeni54×9 years · 303,704 ha
  19. 19San MiguelSanta Cruz52×10 years · 308,066 ha
  20. 20ReyesBeni50×9 years · 249,937 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1San MatíasSanta Cruz3,935,947 ha108× · 1.4×
  2. 2San IgnacioSanta Cruz3,779,969 ha216× · 76 %
  3. 3ConcepciónSanta Cruz2,704,964 ha88× · 92 %
  4. 4UrubicháSanta Cruz1,388,602 ha23× · 85 %
  5. 5ExaltaciónBeni1,111,027 ha158× · 44 %
  6. 6San RafaelSanta Cruz1,041,352 ha41× · 1.1×
  7. 7IxiamasLa Paz978,387 ha114× · 26 %
  8. 8San RamónBeni856,605 ha92× · 1.1×
  9. 9San IgnacioBeni831,532 ha104× · 33 %
  10. 10San JoséSanta Cruz810,550 ha104× · 42 %
  11. 11Puerto SuárezSanta Cruz677,664 ha65× · 50 %
  12. 12BauresBeni658,935 ha80× · 37 %
  13. 13Ascención de GuarayosSanta Cruz591,037 ha40× · 65 %
  14. 14HuacarajeBeni527,789 ha80× · 95 %
  15. 15Santa AnaBeni517,863 ha89× · 24 %
  16. 16San JoaquínBeni500,364 ha59× · 57 %
  17. 17MagdalenaBeni493,237 ha69× · 35 %
  18. 18San JavierBeni432,314 ha82× · 49 %
  19. 19CharaguaSanta Cruz414,411 ha28× · 5.8 %
  20. 20LoretoBeni388,441 ha70× · 57 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1San MatíasSanta Cruz1.4×3,935,947 ha · 27,276 km²
  2. 2San RafaelSanta Cruz1.1×1,041,352 ha · 9,770 km²
  3. 3San RamónBeni1.1×856,605 ha · 8,043 km²
  4. 4HuacarajeBeni95 %527,789 ha · 5,546 km²
  5. 5ConcepciónSanta Cruz92 %2,704,964 ha · 29,304 km²
  6. 6UrubicháSanta Cruz85 %1,388,602 ha · 16,432 km²
  7. 7San IgnacioSanta Cruz76 %3,779,969 ha · 49,670 km²
  8. 8Ascención de GuarayosSanta Cruz65 %591,037 ha · 9,097 km²
  9. 9San Antonio de LomeríoSanta Cruz59 %140,754 ha · 2,399 km²
  10. 10Puerto QuijarroSanta Cruz58 %83,251 ha · 1,445 km²
  11. 11San JoaquínBeni57 %500,364 ha · 8,730 km²
  12. 12LoretoBeni57 %388,441 ha · 6,862 km²
  13. 13Puerto SuárezSanta Cruz50 %677,664 ha · 13,479 km²
  14. 14San JavierBeni49 %432,314 ha · 8,841 km²
  15. 15RoboréSanta Cruz45 %328,481 ha · 7,236 km²
  16. 16ExaltaciónBeni44 %1,111,027 ha · 25,072 km²
  17. 17San JoséSanta Cruz42 %810,550 ha · 19,200 km²
  18. 18BauresBeni37 %658,935 ha · 17,795 km²
  19. 19MagdalenaBeni35 %493,237 ha · 14,188 km²
  20. 20El PuenteSanta Cruz33 %266,218 ha · 7,993 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 3,000 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.