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Municipalities that have burned most often in Cuba

Municipalities of Cuba with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 90. With two or more: 64. Top of the list is Esmeralda, which has burned 25 times in 9 years, with 32,609 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1EsmeraldaCamagüey25×9 years · 32,609 ha
  2. 2Urbano NorisHolguín20×9 years · 25,316 ha
  3. 3FloridaCamagüey19×8 years · 15,529 ha
  4. 4Río CautoGranma17×9 years · 18,350 ha
  5. 5Ciénaga de ZapataMatanzas12×7 years · 18,466 ha
  6. 6Isle of YouthIsle of Youth11×5 years · 17,425 ha
  7. 7BoliviaCiego de Ávila11×7 years · 12,921 ha
  8. 8GuanePinar del Río10×5 years · 18,492 ha
  9. 9CamagüeyCamagüey10×5 years · 16,035 ha
  10. 10Los ArabosMatanzas10×4 years · 10,513 ha
  11. 11Santa Cruz del SurCamagüey10×6 years · 8,508 ha
  12. 12CacocumHolguín9×4 years · 10,216 ha
  13. 13MellaSantiago de Cuba9×5 years · 7,805 ha
  14. 14ChambasCiego de Ávila8×4 years · 11,617 ha
  15. 15VertientesCamagüey8×6 years · 10,399 ha
  16. 16VenezuelaCiego de Ávila8×7 years · 8,675 ha
  17. 17BaraguáCiego de Ávila8×5 years · 6,950 ha
  18. 18San Juan y MartínezPinar del Río7×5 years · 16,030 ha
  19. 19CéspedesCamagüey7×6 years · 7,162 ha
  20. 20AmancioLas Tunas7×6 years · 6,507 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1EsmeraldaCamagüey32,609 ha25× · 16 %
  2. 2Urbano NorisHolguín25,316 ha20× · 31 %
  3. 3MayaríHolguín22,981 ha3× · 17 %
  4. 4GuanePinar del Río18,492 ha10× · 26 %
  5. 5Ciénaga de ZapataMatanzas18,466 ha12× · 4.5 %
  6. 6Río CautoGranma18,350 ha17× · 12 %
  7. 7Isle of YouthIsle of Youth17,425 ha11× · 7.3 %
  8. 8Minas de MatahambrePinar del Río17,413 ha4× · 21 %
  9. 9CamagüeyCamagüey16,035 ha10× · 13 %
  10. 10San Juan y MartínezPinar del Río16,030 ha7× · 38 %
  11. 11FloridaCamagüey15,529 ha19× · 9.3 %
  12. 12BoliviaCiego de Ávila12,921 ha11× · 14 %
  13. 13ChambasCiego de Ávila11,617 ha8× · 15 %
  14. 14Los ArabosMatanzas10,513 ha10× · 14 %
  15. 15VertientesCamagüey10,399 ha8× · 5.1 %
  16. 16CacocumHolguín10,216 ha9× · 15 %
  17. 17CamajuaníVilla Clara9,335 ha6× · 16 %
  18. 18VenezuelaCiego de Ávila8,675 ha8× · 11 %
  19. 19Santa Cruz del SurCamagüey8,508 ha10× · 7.7 %
  20. 20MartíMatanzas8,001 ha5× · 8.4 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1San Juan y MartínezPinar del Río38 %16,030 ha · 421 km²
  2. 2Urbano NorisHolguín31 %25,316 ha · 817 km²
  3. 3GuanePinar del Río26 %18,492 ha · 712 km²
  4. 4MellaSantiago de Cuba23 %7,805 ha · 346 km²
  5. 5Minas de MatahambrePinar del Río21 %17,413 ha · 849 km²
  6. 6MayaríHolguín17 %22,981 ha · 1,375 km²
  7. 7CamajuaníVilla Clara16 %9,335 ha · 588 km²
  8. 8EsmeraldaCamagüey16 %32,609 ha · 2,062 km²
  9. 9ChambasCiego de Ávila15 %11,617 ha · 775 km²
  10. 10CacocumHolguín15 %10,216 ha · 684 km²
  11. 11Los ArabosMatanzas14 %10,513 ha · 752 km²
  12. 12BoliviaCiego de Ávila14 %12,921 ha · 934 km²
  13. 13CamagüeyCamagüey13 %16,035 ha · 1,204 km²
  14. 14Río CautoGranma12 %18,350 ha · 1,533 km²
  15. 15VenezuelaCiego de Ávila11 %8,675 ha · 783 km²
  16. 16Güira de MelenaArtemisa11 %2,172 ha · 203 km²
  17. 17Primero de EneroCiego de Ávila11 %7,457 ha · 698 km²
  18. 18CéspedesCamagüey11 %7,162 ha · 679 km²
  19. 19Los PalaciosPinar del Río10 %7,990 ha · 779 km²
  20. 20FloridaCamagüey9.3 %15,529 ha · 1,664 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.