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Districts that have burned most often in Ethiopia

Districts of Ethiopia with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 142. With two or more: 104. Top of the list is Dima, which has burned 180 times in 11 years, with 924,898 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1DimaGambela180×11 years · 924,898 ha
  2. 2WenberaBeneshangul Gumu180×11 years · 532,210 ha
  3. 3JoreGambela167×11 years · 1,001,299 ha
  4. 4DanguraBeneshangul Gumu124×11 years · 377,350 ha
  5. 5QuaraAmhara116×11 years · 569,715 ha
  6. 6AkoboGambela109×11 years · 406,236 ha
  7. 7GubaBeneshangul Gumu101×11 years · 374,335 ha
  8. 8BulenBeneshangul Gumu83×11 years · 470,501 ha
  9. 9YasoOromia80×10 years · 191,832 ha
  10. 10GogGambela76×11 years · 176,721 ha
  11. 11DibatBeneshangul Gumu74×11 years · 208,575 ha
  12. 12WantawoGambela65×11 years · 185,844 ha
  13. 13JikawoGambela57×11 years · 168,036 ha
  14. 14ManduraBeneshangul Gumu48×11 years · 453,953 ha
  15. 15AgalometiBeneshangul Gumu43×10 years · 140,655 ha
  16. 16Ela (Konta) SP WoredaSNNPR42×10 years · 146,164 ha
  17. 17AboboGambela42×11 years · 104,766 ha
  18. 18GidamiOromia41×11 years · 122,365 ha
  19. 19SurmaSNNPR39×8 years · 111,310 ha
  20. 20Sirba AbayBeneshangul Gumu39×8 years · 67,474 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1JoreGambela1,001,299 ha167× · 2.9×
  2. 2DimaGambela924,898 ha180× · 1.2×
  3. 3QuaraAmhara569,715 ha116× · 67 %
  4. 4WenberaBeneshangul Gumu532,210 ha180× · 77 %
  5. 5BulenBeneshangul Gumu470,501 ha83× · 1.6×
  6. 6ManduraBeneshangul Gumu453,953 ha48× · 4.2×
  7. 7AkoboGambela406,236 ha109× · 1.9×
  8. 8DanguraBeneshangul Gumu377,350 ha124× · 75 %
  9. 9GubaBeneshangul Gumu374,335 ha101× · 54 %
  10. 10DibatBeneshangul Gumu208,575 ha74× · 93 %
  11. 11YasoOromia191,832 ha80× · 74 %
  12. 12WantawoGambela185,844 ha65× · 2.1×
  13. 13GogGambela176,721 ha76× · 55 %
  14. 14JikawoGambela168,036 ha57× · 1.5×
  15. 15Ela (Konta) SP WoredaSNNPR146,164 ha42× · 62 %
  16. 16KamashiBeneshangul Gumu145,846 ha36× · 1.0×
  17. 17AgalometiBeneshangul Gumu140,655 ha43× · 80 %
  18. 18GidamiOromia122,365 ha41× · 63 %
  19. 19Maokomo SpecialBeneshangul Gumu118,970 ha38× · 39 %
  20. 20SurmaSNNPR111,310 ha39× · 23 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1ManduraBeneshangul Gumu4.2×453,953 ha · 1,083 km²
  2. 2JoreGambela2.9×1,001,299 ha · 3,401 km²
  3. 3Gambella Wild Life ReserveGambela2.2×104,797 ha · 478 km²
  4. 4WantawoGambela2.1×185,844 ha · 897 km²
  5. 5AkoboGambela1.9×406,236 ha · 2,133 km²
  6. 6BulenBeneshangul Gumu1.6×470,501 ha · 3,028 km²
  7. 7JikawoGambela1.5×168,036 ha · 1,115 km²
  8. 8DimaGambela1.2×924,898 ha · 7,818 km²
  9. 9KamashiBeneshangul Gumu1.0×145,846 ha · 1,453 km²
  10. 10DibatBeneshangul Gumu93 %208,575 ha · 2,246 km²
  11. 11AgalometiBeneshangul Gumu80 %140,655 ha · 1,760 km²
  12. 12WenberaBeneshangul Gumu77 %532,210 ha · 6,938 km²
  13. 13DanguraBeneshangul Gumu75 %377,350 ha · 5,042 km²
  14. 14YasoOromia74 %191,832 ha · 2,609 km²
  15. 15ChetaSNNPR71 %47,102 ha · 666 km²
  16. 16QuaraAmhara67 %569,715 ha · 8,530 km²
  17. 17MengeBeneshangul Gumu64 %98,563 ha · 1,536 km²
  18. 18GidamiOromia63 %122,365 ha · 1,933 km²
  19. 19Ela (Konta) SP WoredaSNNPR62 %146,164 ha · 2,368 km²
  20. 20AbaboOromia59 %60,966 ha · 1,026 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 2,000 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.