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Subdistricts that have burned most often in Botswana

Subdistricts of Botswana with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 23. With two or more: 22. Top of the list is Ghanzi, which has burned 473 times in 11 years, with 3,251,385 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1GhanziGhanzi473×11 years · 3,251,385 ha
  2. 2Ngamiland WestNorth-West District406×11 years · 2,374,152 ha
  3. 3HukunstiKgalagadi278×11 years · 1,531,523 ha
  4. 4Ngamiland EastNorth-West District241×11 years · 1,680,322 ha
  5. 5ChobeChobe130×11 years · 1,168,899 ha
  6. 6Kweneng SouthKweneng118×8 years · 640,162 ha
  7. 7TutumeCentral District114×11 years · 593,572 ha
  8. 8TshabongKgalagadi103×6 years · 655,195 ha
  9. 9GemsbokKgalagadi91×8 years · 819,380 ha
  10. 10Ngwaketse NorthSouthern District71×8 years · 241,731 ha
  11. 11SeroweCentral District44×7 years · 176,014 ha
  12. 12LethlakaneCentral District38×8 years · 173,001 ha
  13. 13Ngwaketse SouthSouthern District29×4 years · 103,696 ha
  14. 14MahalapyeCentral District18×5 years · 59,708 ha
  15. 15Kweneng NorthKweneng16×5 years · 57,883 ha
  16. 16KgatlengKgatleng8×4 years · 32,878 ha
  17. 17Ngwaketse CentralSouthern District7×2 years · 29,660 ha
  18. 18BobonongCentral District6×3 years · 26,253 ha
  19. 19PalapyeCentral District5×4 years · 17,199 ha
  20. 20MachanengCentral District4×2 years · 15,654 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1GhanziGhanzi3,251,385 ha473× · 28 %
  2. 2Ngamiland WestNorth-West District2,374,152 ha406× · 40 %
  3. 3Ngamiland EastNorth-West District1,680,322 ha241× · 32 %
  4. 4HukunstiKgalagadi1,531,523 ha278× · 33 %
  5. 5ChobeChobe1,168,899 ha130× · 55 %
  6. 6GemsbokKgalagadi819,380 ha91× · 31 %
  7. 7TshabongKgalagadi655,195 ha103× · 20 %
  8. 8Kweneng SouthKweneng640,162 ha118× · 24 %
  9. 9TutumeCentral District593,572 ha114× · 13 %
  10. 10Ngwaketse NorthSouthern District241,731 ha71× · 16 %
  11. 11SeroweCentral District176,014 ha44× · 5.7 %
  12. 12LethlakaneCentral District173,001 ha38× · 6.0 %
  13. 13Ngwaketse SouthSouthern District103,696 ha29× · 15 %
  14. 14MahalapyeCentral District59,708 ha18× · 5.2 %
  15. 15Kweneng NorthKweneng57,883 ha16× · 5.9 %
  16. 16KgatlengKgatleng32,878 ha8× · 4.2 %
  17. 17Ngwaketse CentralSouthern District29,660 ha7× · 6.0 %
  18. 18BobonongCentral District26,253 ha6× · 1.9 %
  19. 19PalapyeCentral District17,199 ha5× · 2.3 %
  20. 20MachanengCentral District15,654 ha4× · 2.9 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1ChobeChobe55 %1,168,899 ha · 21,091 km²
  2. 2Ngamiland WestNorth-West District40 %2,374,152 ha · 59,065 km²
  3. 3HukunstiKgalagadi33 %1,531,523 ha · 46,163 km²
  4. 4Ngamiland EastNorth-West District32 %1,680,322 ha · 52,945 km²
  5. 5GemsbokKgalagadi31 %819,380 ha · 26,113 km²
  6. 6GhanziGhanzi28 %3,251,385 ha · 115,081 km²
  7. 7Kweneng SouthKweneng24 %640,162 ha · 27,218 km²
  8. 8TshabongKgalagadi20 %655,195 ha · 33,265 km²
  9. 9Ngwaketse NorthSouthern District16 %241,731 ha · 14,720 km²
  10. 10Ngwaketse SouthSouthern District15 %103,696 ha · 6,742 km²
  11. 11TutumeCentral District13 %593,572 ha · 44,237 km²
  12. 12Ngwaketse CentralSouthern District6.0 %29,660 ha · 4,928 km²
  13. 13LethlakaneCentral District6.0 %173,001 ha · 28,951 km²
  14. 14Kweneng NorthKweneng5.9 %57,883 ha · 9,855 km²
  15. 15SeroweCentral District5.7 %176,014 ha · 31,004 km²
  16. 16MahalapyeCentral District5.2 %59,708 ha · 11,501 km²
  17. 17South EastSouth-East District4.7 %3,284 ha · 693 km²
  18. 18KgatlengKgatleng4.2 %32,878 ha · 7,860 km²
  19. 19MachanengCentral District2.9 %15,654 ha · 5,378 km²
  20. 20TuliCentral District2.6 %12,090 ha · 4,695 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 2,000 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.