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Territories that have burned most often in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Territories of Democratic Republic of the Congo with at least one fire larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 100. With two or more: 88. Top of the list is Lodja, which has burned 121 times in 11 years, with 2,109,337 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1LodjaSankuru121×11 years · 2,109,337 ha
  2. 2KaminaHaut-Lomami106×11 years · 658,818 ha
  3. 3Kasongo-LundaKwango98×11 years · 986,363 ha
  4. 4Masi-ManimbaKwilu95×11 years · 1,123,570 ha
  5. 5IdiofaKwilu92×11 years · 827,286 ha
  6. 6DunguUpper Uele89×11 years · 1,392,441 ha
  7. 7KabaloTanganyika85×11 years · 610,068 ha
  8. 8FeshiKwango78×11 years · 482,617 ha
  9. 9KahembaKwango72×11 years · 404,565 ha
  10. 10KamoniaKasaï70×11 years · 702,480 ha
  11. 11Katako-KombeSankuru68×11 years · 846,028 ha
  12. 12BulunguKwilu62×11 years · 770,335 ha
  13. 13ManonoTanganyika59×10 years · 390,230 ha
  14. 14KabongoHaut-Lomami58×11 years · 267,383 ha
  15. 15SandoaLualaba55×11 years · 393,633 ha
  16. 16KongoloTanganyika54×10 years · 308,945 ha
  17. 17LubaoLomami53×11 years · 333,735 ha
  18. 18LuizaCentral Kasai39×10 years · 270,697 ha
  19. 19KazumbaCentral Kasai37×9 years · 457,591 ha
  20. 20MobaTanganyika37×11 years · 363,629 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1LodjaSankuru2,109,337 ha121× · 1.7×
  2. 2DunguUpper Uele1,392,441 ha89× · 41 %
  3. 3Masi-ManimbaKwilu1,123,570 ha95× · 78 %
  4. 4Kasongo-LundaKwango986,363 ha98× · 37 %
  5. 5Katako-KombeSankuru846,028 ha68× · 35 %
  6. 6IdiofaKwilu827,286 ha92× · 43 %
  7. 7BulunguKwilu770,335 ha62× · 58 %
  8. 8KamoniaKasaï702,480 ha70× · 26 %
  9. 9KaminaHaut-Lomami658,818 ha106× · 16 %
  10. 10KabaloTanganyika610,068 ha85× · 41 %
  11. 11FeshiKwango482,617 ha78× · 25 %
  12. 12KazumbaCentral Kasai457,591 ha37× · 37 %
  13. 13BumbaMongala419,437 ha22× · 26 %
  14. 14KahembaKwango404,565 ha72× · 20 %
  15. 15SandoaLualaba393,633 ha55× · 13 %
  16. 16ManonoTanganyika390,230 ha59× · 11 %
  17. 17MobaTanganyika363,629 ha37× · 12 %
  18. 18AngoLower Uele360,844 ha37× · 10 %
  19. 19LubaoLomami333,735 ha53× · 15 %
  20. 20KongoloTanganyika308,945 ha54× · 24 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1MangaiKwilu2.4×3,666 ha · 15 km²
  2. 2LodjaSankuru1.7×2,109,337 ha · 12,537 km²
  3. 3Masi-ManimbaKwilu78 %1,123,570 ha · 14,474 km²
  4. 4BulunguKwilu58 %770,335 ha · 13,254 km²
  5. 5IdiofaKwilu43 %827,286 ha · 19,256 km²
  6. 6KabaloTanganyika41 %610,068 ha · 14,703 km²
  7. 7DunguUpper Uele41 %1,392,441 ha · 33,944 km²
  8. 8KazumbaCentral Kasai37 %457,591 ha · 12,388 km²
  9. 9Kasongo-LundaKwango37 %986,363 ha · 26,886 km²
  10. 10Katako-KombeSankuru35 %846,028 ha · 24,106 km²
  11. 11BumbaMongala26 %419,437 ha · 16,007 km²
  12. 12KamoniaKasaï26 %702,480 ha · 27,233 km²
  13. 13FeshiKwango25 %482,617 ha · 18,932 km²
  14. 14KongoloTanganyika24 %308,945 ha · 13,142 km²
  15. 15KahembaKwango20 %404,565 ha · 19,817 km²
  16. 16LuizaCentral Kasai17 %270,697 ha · 15,947 km²
  17. 17KaminaHaut-Lomami16 %658,818 ha · 41,194 km²
  18. 18LubaoLomami15 %333,735 ha · 22,182 km²
  19. 19KimvulaKongo-Central15 %56,799 ha · 3,863 km²
  20. 20FaradjeUpper Uele14 %182,882 ha · 12,663 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.