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Districts that have burned most often in Republic of the Congo

Districts of Republic of the Congo with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 34. With two or more: 32. Top of the list is Mvouti, which has burned 208 times in 11 years, with 355,644 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MvoutiPool208×11 years · 355,644 ha
  2. 2OkoyoPlateaux188×11 years · 264,191 ha
  3. 3ImpfondoBouenza94×11 years · 161,580 ha
  4. 4SibitiPlateaux77×11 years · 117,165 ha
  5. 5Madingo-KayesPool63×11 years · 77,201 ha
  6. 6KakamoékaCuvette59×10 years · 88,393 ha
  7. 7EpénaPool50×11 years · 64,323 ha
  8. 8EwoPlateaux44×10 years · 58,370 ha
  9. 9BambamaPool44×10 years · 48,692 ha
  10. 10MayokoBouenza40×11 years · 43,371 ha
  11. 11DivéniéLékoumou39×10 years · 63,358 ha
  12. 12Louvakou (Loubomo)Bouenza30×8 years · 34,641 ha
  13. 13MakouaCuvette26×6 years · 38,065 ha
  14. 14KelléPlateaux26×11 years · 34,318 ha
  15. 15AbalaNiari26×7 years · 28,805 ha
  16. 16KomonoLékoumou22×8 years · 27,475 ha
  17. 17KimongoBouenza19×4 years · 21,287 ha
  18. 18SouankéBouenza18×6 years · 22,616 ha
  19. 19KinkalaNiari17×6 years · 20,505 ha
  20. 20BoundjiCuvette-Ouest16×8 years · 25,944 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MvoutiPool355,644 ha208× · 48 %
  2. 2OkoyoPlateaux264,191 ha188× · 16 %
  3. 3ImpfondoBouenza161,580 ha94× · 31 %
  4. 4SibitiPlateaux117,165 ha77× · 27 %
  5. 5KakamoékaCuvette88,393 ha59× · 17 %
  6. 6Madingo-KayesPool77,201 ha63× · 11 %
  7. 7EpénaPool64,323 ha50× · 22 %
  8. 8DivéniéLékoumou63,358 ha39× · 8.7 %
  9. 9EwoPlateaux58,370 ha44× · 5.8 %
  10. 10BambamaPool48,692 ha44× · 6.7 %
  11. 11MayokoBouenza43,371 ha40× · 15 %
  12. 12MayamaSangha40,880 ha13× · 1.1 %
  13. 13MakouaCuvette38,065 ha26× · 3.2 %
  14. 14Louvakou (Loubomo)Bouenza34,641 ha30× · 34 %
  15. 15KelléPlateaux34,318 ha26× · 4.0 %
  16. 16AbalaNiari28,805 ha26× · 7.7 %
  17. 17KomonoLékoumou27,475 ha22× · 4.6 %
  18. 18BoundjiCuvette-Ouest25,944 ha16× · 2.2 %
  19. 19SouankéBouenza22,616 ha18× · 19 %
  20. 20KimongoBouenza21,287 ha19× · 12 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1MvoutiPool48 %355,644 ha · 7,456 km²
  2. 2Louvakou (Loubomo)Bouenza34 %34,641 ha · 1,007 km²
  3. 3ImpfondoBouenza31 %161,580 ha · 5,236 km²
  4. 4SembéBouenza30 %10,377 ha · 349 km²
  5. 5SibitiPlateaux27 %117,165 ha · 4,412 km²
  6. 6EpénaPool22 %64,323 ha · 2,948 km²
  7. 7SouankéBouenza19 %22,616 ha · 1,190 km²
  8. 8KakamoékaCuvette17 %88,393 ha · 5,146 km²
  9. 9OkoyoPlateaux16 %264,191 ha · 17,021 km²
  10. 10MayokoBouenza15 %43,371 ha · 2,966 km²
  11. 11KimongoBouenza12 %21,287 ha · 1,847 km²
  12. 12Madingo-KayesPool11 %77,201 ha · 6,985 km²
  13. 13OuessoNiari9.7 %19,381 ha · 2,004 km²
  14. 14DivéniéLékoumou8.7 %63,358 ha · 7,287 km²
  15. 15AbalaNiari7.7 %28,805 ha · 3,759 km²
  16. 16BambamaPool6.7 %48,692 ha · 7,271 km²
  17. 17EwoPlateaux5.8 %58,370 ha · 10,070 km²
  18. 18KibangouPool5.7 %16,015 ha · 2,815 km²
  19. 19KinkalaNiari5.0 %20,505 ha · 4,141 km²
  20. 20KomonoLékoumou4.6 %27,475 ha · 5,953 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.