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Sub-prefectures that have burned most often in Central African Republic

Sub-prefectures of Central African Republic with at least one fire larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 50. With two or more: 35. Top of the list is Djema, which has burned 322 times in 11 years, with 5,270,711 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1DjemaHaut-Mbomou322×11 years · 5,270,711 ha
  2. 2YalingaHaute-Kotto282×11 years · 7,039,795 ha
  3. 3Dar El KoutiBamingui-Bangoran135×11 years · 1,346,237 ha
  4. 4RafaïMbomou112×11 years · 2,276,287 ha
  5. 5OuaddaHaute-Kotto103×11 years · 653,055 ha
  6. 6VassakoBamingui-Bangoran102×11 years · 1,054,929 ha
  7. 7OuandjaVakaga42×7 years · 309,061 ha
  8. 8VokoumaVakaga38×8 years · 419,941 ha
  9. 9Ouandja KottoHaute-Kotto37×11 years · 329,966 ha
  10. 10Mbolo-PataBamingui-Bangoran27×10 years · 147,851 ha
  11. 11YéngouOuaka25×11 years · 160,170 ha
  12. 12Samba-BoungouHaute-Kotto21×10 years · 96,012 ha
  13. 13Koudou-BégoOuaka18×9 years · 80,727 ha
  14. 14Nana-OutaNana-Grébizi18×7 years · 59,550 ha
  15. 15Bouca BoboOuham17×5 years · 97,114 ha
  16. 16OboHaut-Mbomou12×8 years · 81,981 ha
  17. 17Koro-MpokoOuham9×7 years · 109,468 ha
  18. 18NdengaNana-Grébizi9×5 years · 52,099 ha
  19. 19RidinaVakaga9×6 years · 40,633 ha
  20. 20Fafa BoungouOuham8×3 years · 35,659 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1YalingaHaute-Kotto7,039,795 ha282× · 1.7×
  2. 2DjemaHaut-Mbomou5,270,711 ha322× · 1.4×
  3. 3RafaïMbomou2,276,287 ha112× · 82 %
  4. 4Dar El KoutiBamingui-Bangoran1,346,237 ha135× · 43 %
  5. 5VassakoBamingui-Bangoran1,054,929 ha102× · 48 %
  6. 6OuaddaHaute-Kotto653,055 ha103× · 29 %
  7. 7VokoumaVakaga419,941 ha38× · 47 %
  8. 8Ouandja KottoHaute-Kotto329,966 ha37× · 55 %
  9. 9OuandjaVakaga309,061 ha42× · 16 %
  10. 10YéngouOuaka160,170 ha25× · 14 %
  11. 11Mbolo-PataBamingui-Bangoran147,851 ha27× · 28 %
  12. 12Koro-MpokoOuham109,468 ha9× · 17 %
  13. 13Bouca BoboOuham97,114 ha17× · 30 %
  14. 14Samba-BoungouHaute-Kotto96,012 ha21× · 9.8 %
  15. 15OboHaut-Mbomou81,981 ha12× · 15 %
  16. 16Koudou-BégoOuaka80,727 ha18× · 7.0 %
  17. 17Nana-OutaNana-Grébizi59,550 ha18× · 7.7 %
  18. 18NdengaNana-Grébizi52,099 ha9× · 14 %
  19. 19RidinaVakaga40,633 ha9× · 2.2 %
  20. 20Fafa BoungouOuham35,659 ha8× · 4.8 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1YalingaHaute-Kotto1.7×7,039,795 ha · 41,574 km²
  2. 2DjemaHaut-Mbomou1.4×5,270,711 ha · 36,461 km²
  3. 3RafaïMbomou82 %2,276,287 ha · 27,794 km²
  4. 4Ouandja KottoHaute-Kotto55 %329,966 ha · 5,997 km²
  5. 5DékoaKémo50 %32,268 ha · 647 km²
  6. 6VassakoBamingui-Bangoran48 %1,054,929 ha · 22,172 km²
  7. 7VokoumaVakaga47 %419,941 ha · 8,965 km²
  8. 8Dar El KoutiBamingui-Bangoran43 %1,346,237 ha · 31,465 km²
  9. 9Bouca BoboOuham30 %97,114 ha · 3,246 km²
  10. 10OuaddaHaute-Kotto29 %653,055 ha · 22,685 km²
  11. 11Mbolo-PataBamingui-Bangoran28 %147,851 ha · 5,194 km²
  12. 12Ouham FafaOuham21 %29,674 ha · 1,408 km²
  13. 13BottoNana-Grébizi20 %16,583 ha · 812 km²
  14. 14Koro-MpokoOuham17 %109,468 ha · 6,316 km²
  15. 15OuandjaVakaga16 %309,061 ha · 19,591 km²
  16. 16OboHaut-Mbomou15 %81,981 ha · 5,330 km²
  17. 17TiloKémo15 %23,159 ha · 1,544 km²
  18. 18YéngouOuaka14 %160,170 ha · 11,139 km²
  19. 19NdengaNana-Grébizi14 %52,099 ha · 3,656 km²
  20. 20Lady GbawiOuham11 %28,754 ha · 2,698 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 5,000 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.