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Communes that have burned most often in Burundi

Communes of Burundi with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 18. With two or more: 7. Top of the list is Kigamba, which has burned 15 times in 8 years, with 19,040 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1KigambaCankuzo15×8 years · 19,040 ha
  2. 2CankuzoCankuzo11×8 years · 5,512 ha
  3. 3BweruRuyigi8×7 years · 5,903 ha
  4. 4ButeziRuyigi4×4 years · 4,882 ha
  5. 5GisuruRuyigi4×3 years · 4,037 ha
  6. 6MutumbaKaruzi4×4 years · 74 ha
  7. 7BuhinyuzaMuyinga3×3 years · 1,133 ha
  8. 8BurambiRumonge1×1 year · 1,305 ha
  9. 9KabaroreKayanza1×1 year · 1,232 ha
  10. 10GihangaBubanza1×1 year · 1,200 ha
  11. 11GitangaRutana1×1 year · 1,143 ha
  12. 12MuginaCibitoke1×1 year · 784 ha
  13. 13RyansoroGitega1×1 year · 521 ha
  14. 14MabayiCibitoke1×1 year · 322 ha
  15. 15RutovuBururi1×1 year · 315 ha
  16. 16SongaBururi1×1 year · 230 ha
  17. 17RuyigiRuyigi1×1 year · 225 ha
  18. 18MutimbuziBujumbura Mairie1×1 year · 2 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1KigambaCankuzo19,040 ha15× · 35 %
  2. 2BweruRuyigi5,903 ha8× · 18 %
  3. 3CankuzoCankuzo5,512 ha11× · 12 %
  4. 4ButeziRuyigi4,882 ha4× · 15 %
  5. 5GisuruRuyigi4,037 ha4× · 7.7 %
  6. 6BurambiRumonge1,305 ha1× · 4.7 %
  7. 7KabaroreKayanza1,232 ha1× · 6.4 %
  8. 8GihangaBubanza1,200 ha1× · 4.4 %
  9. 9GitangaRutana1,143 ha1× · 4.2 %
  10. 10BuhinyuzaMuyinga1,133 ha3× · 4.0 %
  11. 11MuginaCibitoke784 ha1× · 2.8 %
  12. 12RyansoroGitega521 ha1× · 3.2 %
  13. 13MabayiCibitoke322 ha1× · 1.0 %
  14. 14RutovuBururi315 ha1× · 1.1 %
  15. 15SongaBururi230 ha1× · 1.0 %
  16. 16RuyigiRuyigi225 ha1× · 0.8 %
  17. 17MutumbaKaruzi74 ha4× · 0.4 %
  18. 18MutimbuziBujumbura Mairie2 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1KigambaCankuzo35 %19,040 ha · 545 km²
  2. 2BweruRuyigi18 %5,903 ha · 322 km²
  3. 3ButeziRuyigi15 %4,882 ha · 316 km²
  4. 4CankuzoCankuzo12 %5,512 ha · 475 km²
  5. 5GisuruRuyigi7.7 %4,037 ha · 523 km²
  6. 6KabaroreKayanza6.4 %1,232 ha · 192 km²
  7. 7BurambiRumonge4.7 %1,305 ha · 275 km²
  8. 8GihangaBubanza4.4 %1,200 ha · 275 km²
  9. 9GitangaRutana4.2 %1,143 ha · 271 km²
  10. 10BuhinyuzaMuyinga4.0 %1,133 ha · 281 km²
  11. 11RyansoroGitega3.2 %521 ha · 165 km²
  12. 12MuginaCibitoke2.8 %784 ha · 283 km²
  13. 13RutovuBururi1.1 %315 ha · 283 km²
  14. 14SongaBururi1.0 %230 ha · 222 km²
  15. 15MabayiCibitoke1.0 %322 ha · 329 km²
  16. 16RuyigiRuyigi0.8 %225 ha · 273 km²
  17. 17MutumbaKaruzi0.4 %74 ha · 175 km²
  18. 18MutimbuziBujumbura Mairie0.0 %2 ha · 142 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.