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Municipalities that have burned most often in Colombia

Municipalities of Colombia with at least one fire larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 108. With two or more: 70. Top of the list is La Primavera, which has burned 155 times in 11 years, with 476,394 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1La PrimaveraVichada155×11 years · 476,394 ha
  2. 2Puerto GaitánMeta149×11 years · 498,651 ha
  3. 3CumariboVichada136×11 years · 418,609 ha
  4. 4Puerto CarreñoVichada90×11 years · 239,298 ha
  5. 5Cravo NorteArauca72×11 years · 244,415 ha
  6. 6San Vicente Del CaguánCaquetá52×9 years · 161,615 ha
  7. 7MapiripánMeta49×11 years · 83,709 ha
  8. 8AraucaArauca37×10 years · 83,196 ha
  9. 9Paz De AriporoCasanare35×6 years · 119,457 ha
  10. 10Santa RosalíaVichada32×8 years · 75,155 ha
  11. 11La MacarenaMeta31×8 years · 91,349 ha
  12. 12ValleduparCesar31×9 years · 79,566 ha
  13. 13CalamarGuaviare22×7 years · 46,327 ha
  14. 14San José del GuaviareGuaviare21×6 years · 60,616 ha
  15. 15Cartagena del ChairáCaquetá21×7 years · 44,733 ha
  16. 16San MartínMeta20×11 years · 54,417 ha
  17. 17Puerto LópezMeta20×8 years · 40,076 ha
  18. 18El RetornoGuaviare13×3 years · 22,307 ha
  19. 19OrocuéCasanare12×5 years · 30,390 ha
  20. 20ManíCasanare12×5 years · 26,819 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Puerto GaitánMeta498,651 ha149× · 29 %
  2. 2La PrimaveraVichada476,394 ha155× · 26 %
  3. 3CumariboVichada418,609 ha136× · 6.4 %
  4. 4Cravo NorteArauca244,415 ha72× · 47 %
  5. 5Puerto CarreñoVichada239,298 ha90× · 20 %
  6. 6San Vicente Del CaguánCaquetá161,615 ha52× · 9.2 %
  7. 7Paz De AriporoCasanare119,457 ha35× · 9.8 %
  8. 8La MacarenaMeta91,349 ha31× · 8.4 %
  9. 9MapiripánMeta83,709 ha49× · 7.0 %
  10. 10AraucaArauca83,196 ha37× · 14 %
  11. 11ValleduparCesar79,566 ha31× · 19 %
  12. 12Santa RosalíaVichada75,155 ha32× · 19 %
  13. 13San José del GuaviareGuaviare60,616 ha21× · 3.6 %
  14. 14San MartínMeta54,417 ha20× · 9.1 %
  15. 15CalamarGuaviare46,327 ha22× · 3.4 %
  16. 16Cartagena del ChairáCaquetá44,733 ha21× · 3.5 %
  17. 17Puerto LópezMeta40,076 ha20× · 5.8 %
  18. 18OrocuéCasanare30,390 ha12× · 6.4 %
  19. 19ManíCasanare26,819 ha12× · 7.1 %
  20. 20ArauquitaArauca25,519 ha11× · 8.3 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Cravo NorteArauca47 %244,415 ha · 5,221 km²
  2. 2NorosíBolívar42 %17,522 ha · 419 km²
  3. 3Puerto GaitánMeta29 %498,651 ha · 17,332 km²
  4. 4La PrimaveraVichada26 %476,394 ha · 18,372 km²
  5. 5Río ViejoBolívar22 %19,021 ha · 851 km²
  6. 6ArenalBolívar22 %10,388 ha · 465 km²
  7. 7El CopeyCesar20 %19,071 ha · 962 km²
  8. 8Puerto CarreñoVichada20 %239,298 ha · 12,157 km²
  9. 9Santa RosalíaVichada19 %75,155 ha · 3,910 km²
  10. 10ValleduparCesar19 %79,566 ha · 4,212 km²
  11. 11CurumaníCesar15 %14,016 ha · 922 km²
  12. 12MoralesBolívar14 %19,624 ha · 1,357 km²
  13. 13AraucaArauca14 %83,196 ha · 5,800 km²
  14. 14San LuisTolima14 %5,628 ha · 415 km²
  15. 15BecerrillCesar12 %14,567 ha · 1,233 km²
  16. 16La GloriaCesar10 %8,433 ha · 808 km²
  17. 17OrtegaTolima10 %9,707 ha · 960 km²
  18. 18Villa De LeyvaBoyacá9.8 %1,256 ha · 128 km²
  19. 19Paz De AriporoCasanare9.8 %119,457 ha · 12,157 km²
  20. 20San Vicente Del CaguánCaquetá9.2 %161,615 ha · 17,582 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,500 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.