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Districts that have burned most often in Cambodia

Districts of Cambodia with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 79. With two or more: 63. Top of the list is Thala Barivat, which has burned 77 times in 11 years, with 303,754 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Thala BarivatStung Treng77×11 years · 303,754 ha
  2. 2Kaoh NheaekMondulkiri71×11 years · 240,930 ha
  3. 3SambourKratie70×11 years · 285,370 ha
  4. 4SesanStung Treng53×10 years · 222,146 ha
  5. 5Kaev SeimaMondulkiri44×10 years · 154,087 ha
  6. 6Choam KsantPreah Vihear37×10 years · 127,471 ha
  7. 7Koun MomRatanakiri35×9 years · 83,855 ha
  8. 8Pech ChreadaMondulkiri33×10 years · 100,654 ha
  9. 9ChhaebPreah Vihear24×8 years · 106,278 ha
  10. 10RoviengPreah Vihear24×8 years · 44,138 ha
  11. 11Veal VeaengPursat23×6 years · 67,591 ha
  12. 12Svay LeuSiem Reap23×10 years · 61,884 ha
  13. 13Ou Ya DavRatanakiri22×10 years · 47,315 ha
  14. 14KuleaenPreah Vihear21×7 years · 65,563 ha
  15. 15LumphatRatanakiri20×8 years · 47,970 ha
  16. 16Aek PhnumBattambang17×4 years · 59,016 ha
  17. 17Chetr BoreiKratie17×6 years · 54,829 ha
  18. 18SantukKampong Thom16×8 years · 57,134 ha
  19. 19Andoung MeasRatanakiri14×8 years · 32,292 ha
  20. 20Sangkum ThmeiPreah Vihear14×7 years · 19,001 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Thala BarivatStung Treng303,754 ha77× · 1.2×
  2. 2SambourKratie285,370 ha70× · 53 %
  3. 3Kaoh NheaekMondulkiri240,930 ha71× · 45 %
  4. 4SesanStung Treng222,146 ha53× · 82 %
  5. 5Kaev SeimaMondulkiri154,087 ha44× · 54 %
  6. 6Choam KsantPreah Vihear127,471 ha37× · 34 %
  7. 7ChhaebPreah Vihear106,278 ha24× · 42 %
  8. 8Pech ChreadaMondulkiri100,654 ha33× · 26 %
  9. 9Koun MomRatanakiri83,855 ha35× · 40 %
  10. 10Veal VeaengPursat67,591 ha23× · 15 %
  11. 11KuleaenPreah Vihear65,563 ha21× · 30 %
  12. 12Svay LeuSiem Reap61,884 ha23× · 32 %
  13. 13Aek PhnumBattambang59,016 ha17× · 55 %
  14. 14Moung RuesseiBattambang57,314 ha9× · 40 %
  15. 15SantukKampong Thom57,134 ha16× · 22 %
  16. 16Chetr BoreiKratie54,829 ha17× · 37 %
  17. 17Siem PangStung Treng49,141 ha13× · 11 %
  18. 18LumphatRatanakiri47,970 ha20× · 26 %
  19. 19Ou Ya DavRatanakiri47,315 ha22× · 28 %
  20. 20SangkaeBattambang45,186 ha10× · 38 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Thala BarivatStung Treng1.2×303,754 ha · 2,625 km²
  2. 2SesanStung Treng82 %222,146 ha · 2,717 km²
  3. 3Aek PhnumBattambang55 %59,016 ha · 1,074 km²
  4. 4Kaev SeimaMondulkiri54 %154,087 ha · 2,834 km²
  5. 5SambourKratie53 %285,370 ha · 5,403 km²
  6. 6Kaoh NheaekMondulkiri45 %240,930 ha · 5,311 km²
  7. 7Stueng TraengStung Treng44 %30,649 ha · 695 km²
  8. 8ChhaebPreah Vihear42 %106,278 ha · 2,556 km²
  9. 9Moung RuesseiBattambang40 %57,314 ha · 1,422 km²
  10. 10Koun MomRatanakiri40 %83,855 ha · 2,114 km²
  11. 11Ou ChrovBanteay Meanchey39 %21,660 ha · 549 km²
  12. 12SangkaeBattambang38 %45,186 ha · 1,175 km²
  13. 13Andoung MeasRatanakiri38 %32,292 ha · 842 km²
  14. 14Chetr BoreiKratie37 %54,829 ha · 1,469 km²
  15. 15Chey SaenPreah Vihear37 %40,985 ha · 1,107 km²
  16. 16Choam KsantPreah Vihear34 %127,471 ha · 3,795 km²
  17. 17Svay LeuSiem Reap32 %61,884 ha · 1,930 km²
  18. 18KuleaenPreah Vihear30 %65,563 ha · 2,203 km²
  19. 19Ou Ya DavRatanakiri28 %47,315 ha · 1,679 km²
  20. 20Pech ChreadaMondulkiri26 %100,654 ha · 3,819 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.