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Subzones that have burned most often in Eritrea

Subzones of Eritrea with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 5. With two or more: 2. Top of the list is Omhajer, which has burned 30 times in 7 years, with 58,271 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1OmhajerGash-Barka30×7 years · 58,271 ha
  2. 2Lalay GashGash-Barka12×6 years · 23,509 ha
  3. 3ShambukoGash-Barka1×1 year · 1,309 ha
  4. 4KerkebetAnseba1×1 year · 1,006 ha
  5. 5HaykotaGash-Barka1×1 year · 0 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1OmhajerGash-Barka58,271 ha30× · 12 %
  2. 2Lalay GashGash-Barka23,509 ha12× · 5.7 %
  3. 3ShambukoGash-Barka1,309 ha1× · 0.8 %
  4. 4KerkebetAnseba1,006 ha1× · 0.3 %
  5. 5HaykotaGash-Barka0 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1OmhajerGash-Barka12 %58,271 ha · 5,044 km²
  2. 2Lalay GashGash-Barka5.7 %23,509 ha · 4,159 km²
  3. 3ShambukoGash-Barka0.8 %1,309 ha · 1,677 km²
  4. 4KerkebetAnseba0.3 %1,006 ha · 3,704 km²
  5. 5HaykotaGash-Barka0.0 %0 ha · 2,247 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.