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Municipalities that have burned most often in Cyprus

Municipalities of Cyprus with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 139. With two or more: 26. Top of the list is Ypsonas, which has burned 4 times in 3 years, with 452 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1YpsonasLimassol4×3 years · 452 ha
  2. 2VouniLimassol3×3 years · 1,617 ha
  3. 3PachnaLimassol3×3 years · 434 ha
  4. 4Agios TheraponLimassol2×2 years · 1,745 ha
  5. 5LofouLimassol2×2 years · 1,272 ha
  6. 6OraLarnaca2×2 years · 1,102 ha
  7. 7Asomatos KeryneiasKyrenia2×2 years · 561 ha
  8. 8Agios Amvrosios LemesouLimassol2×2 years · 461 ha
  9. 9KissousaLimassol2×2 years · 396 ha
  10. 10GiolouPaphos2×2 years · 370 ha
  11. 11DieronaLimassol2×2 years · 310 ha
  12. 12Agia AnnaLarnaca2×2 years · 297 ha
  13. 13PentaliaPaphos2×2 years · 288 ha
  14. 14MaliaLimassol2×2 years · 241 ha
  15. 15FarmakasNicosia Municipality2×2 years · 216 ha
  16. 16KarpaseiaKyrenia2×2 years · 204 ha
  17. 17DrymouPaphos2×2 years · 200 ha
  18. 18DrouseiaPaphos2×2 years · 193 ha
  19. 19Statos Agios FotiosPaphos2×2 years · 133 ha
  20. 20SimouPaphos2×2 years · 130 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Agios TheraponLimassol1,745 ha2× · 1.1×
  2. 2VouniLimassol1,617 ha3× · 1.1×
  3. 3Souni ZanakiaLimassol1,515 ha1× · 72 %
  4. 4LofouLimassol1,272 ha2× · 100 %
  5. 5OraLarnaca1,102 ha2× · 70 %
  6. 6EptagoneiaLimassol938 ha1× · 76 %
  7. 7Agios Theodoros SoleasNicosia Municipality934 ha1× · 44 %
  8. 8AkanthouAyia Napa859 ha1× · 11 %
  9. 9Vasa KoilaniouLimassol832 ha1× · 98 %
  10. 10MeliniLarnaca780 ha1× · 98 %
  11. 11ChoulouPaphos690 ha1× · 58 %
  12. 12ArgakaPaphos674 ha1× · 42 %
  13. 13Pano KividesLimassol656 ha1× · 38 %
  14. 14MandresAyia Napa646 ha1× · 36 %
  15. 15OdouLarnaca632 ha1× · 56 %
  16. 16KoilaniLimassol573 ha1× · 49 %
  17. 17Kato KividesLimassol562 ha1× · 100 %
  18. 18Asomatos KeryneiasKyrenia561 ha2× · 25 %
  19. 19Agloi VavatsiniasLarnaca523 ha1× · 33 %
  20. 20Agios Georgios LemesouLimassol498 ha1× · 82 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1VouniLimassol1.1×1,617 ha · 15 km²
  2. 2Agios TheraponLimassol1.1×1,745 ha · 16 km²
  3. 3LofouLimassol100 %1,272 ha · 13 km²
  4. 4EptagoneiaLimassol76 %938 ha · 12 km²
  5. 5Souni ZanakiaLimassol72 %1,515 ha · 21 km²
  6. 6OraLarnaca70 %1,102 ha · 16 km²
  7. 7ChoulouPaphos58 %690 ha · 12 km²
  8. 8OdouLarnaca56 %632 ha · 11 km²
  9. 9KoilaniLimassol49 %573 ha · 12 km²
  10. 10Agios Theodoros SoleasNicosia Municipality44 %934 ha · 21 km²
  11. 11ArgakaPaphos42 %674 ha · 16 km²
  12. 12Pano KividesLimassol38 %656 ha · 17 km²
  13. 13MandresAyia Napa36 %646 ha · 18 km²
  14. 14ArakapasLimassol34 %418 ha · 12 km²
  15. 15Agloi VavatsiniasLarnaca33 %523 ha · 16 km²
  16. 16Agios Amvrosios LemesouLimassol32 %461 ha · 15 km²
  17. 17PolemiPaphos27 %336 ha · 12 km²
  18. 18Asomatos KeryneiasKyrenia25 %561 ha · 22 km²
  19. 19OmodosLimassol25 %344 ha · 14 km²
  20. 20SpiliaNicosia Municipality23 %318 ha · 14 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 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.