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Cantons that have burned most often in Ecuador

Cantons of Ecuador with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 73. With two or more: 46. Top of the list is Loja, which has burned 13 times in 7 years, with 30,303 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1LojaLoja13×7 years · 30,303 ha
  2. 2PalenqueLos Ríos11×5 years · 11,202 ha
  3. 3VincesLos Ríos10×3 years · 11,162 ha
  4. 4VentanasLos Ríos10×5 years · 9,545 ha
  5. 5Isabela8×5 years · 81,832 ha
  6. 6San VicenteManabí6×3 years · 8,705 ha
  7. 7PuebloviejoLos Ríos6×3 years · 7,230 ha
  8. 8ChoneManabí6×3 years · 6,744 ha
  9. 9QuitoPichincha6×3 years · 6,420 ha
  10. 10Pedro CarboGuayas6×4 years · 5,121 ha
  11. 11SucreManabí5×2 years · 7,401 ha
  12. 12JipijapaManabí5×1 year · 6,850 ha
  13. 13San Miguel de UrcuquíImbabura5×2 years · 4,227 ha
  14. 14MocacheLos Ríos5×4 years · 3,413 ha
  15. 15Santa ElenaSanta Elena5×3 years · 1,667 ha
  16. 16QuilangaLoja4×4 years · 17,868 ha
  17. 17Zapotillo4×2 years · 8,304 ha
  18. 18CuencaAzuay4×2 years · 7,817 ha
  19. 19IbarraImbabura4×2 years · 5,847 ha
  20. 20CotacachiImbabura4×3 years · 5,497 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Isabela81,832 ha8× · 15 %
  2. 2LojaLoja30,303 ha13× · 16 %
  3. 3PaltasLoja17,967 ha1× · 15 %
  4. 4QuilangaLoja17,868 ha4× · 75 %
  5. 5CatamayoLoja15,024 ha1× · 23 %
  6. 6PalenqueLos Ríos11,202 ha11× · 19 %
  7. 7VincesLos Ríos11,162 ha10× · 16 %
  8. 8VentanasLos Ríos9,545 ha10× · 18 %
  9. 9PindalLoja9,486 ha3× · 47 %
  10. 10PuyangoLoja8,990 ha3× · 14 %
  11. 11San VicenteManabí8,705 ha6× · 12 %
  12. 12Zapotillo8,304 ha4× · 6.8 %
  13. 13CuencaAzuay7,817 ha4× · 2.4 %
  14. 14SucreManabí7,401 ha5× · 11 %
  15. 15PuebloviejoLos Ríos7,230 ha6× · 21 %
  16. 16JipijapaManabí6,850 ha5× · 4.6 %
  17. 17ChoneManabí6,744 ha6× · 2.2 %
  18. 18QuitoPichincha6,420 ha6× · 1.5 %
  19. 19IbarraImbabura5,847 ha4× · 5.3 %
  20. 20Pablo SextoMorona Santiago5,745 ha3× · 4.1 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1QuilangaLoja75 %17,868 ha · 238 km²
  2. 2PindalLoja47 %9,486 ha · 204 km²
  3. 3CatamayoLoja23 %15,024 ha · 658 km²
  4. 4PuebloviejoLos Ríos21 %7,230 ha · 338 km²
  5. 5PalenqueLos Ríos19 %11,202 ha · 584 km²
  6. 6VentanasLos Ríos18 %9,545 ha · 534 km²
  7. 7VincesLos Ríos16 %11,162 ha · 700 km²
  8. 8LojaLoja16 %30,303 ha · 1,908 km²
  9. 9PaltasLoja15 %17,967 ha · 1,163 km²
  10. 10Isabela15 %81,832 ha · 5,392 km²
  11. 11PuyangoLoja14 %8,990 ha · 641 km²
  12. 12San VicenteManabí12 %8,705 ha · 714 km²
  13. 13SucreManabí11 %7,401 ha · 682 km²
  14. 14ChillaEl Oro9.7 %3,232 ha · 334 km²
  15. 15Zapotillo6.8 %8,304 ha · 1,222 km²
  16. 16PortoveloEl Oro6.6 %1,888 ha · 288 km²
  17. 17EspejoCarchi6.5 %3,624 ha · 561 km²
  18. 18MiraCarchi6.1 %3,554 ha · 587 km²
  19. 19MocacheLos Ríos6.0 %3,413 ha · 572 km²
  20. 20San Miguel de UrcuquíImbabura5.5 %4,227 ha · 771 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.