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Departments that have burned most often in Gabon

Departments of Gabon with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 12. With two or more: 10. Top of the list is Plateaux, which has burned 78 times in 11 years, with 111,984 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1PlateauxHaut-Ogooué78×11 years · 111,984 ha
  2. 2MongoNyanga16×7 years · 24,109 ha
  3. 3MougoutsiNyanga10×6 years · 16,580 ha
  4. 4BendjèOgooué-Maritime10×8 years · 14,505 ha
  5. 5DoutsitaNyanga8×6 years · 9,190 ha
  6. 6Djouori-AgniliHaut-Ogooué7×3 years · 7,633 ha
  7. 7MpassaHaut-Ogooué7×4 years · 6,082 ha
  8. 8Komo-OcéanEstuaire5×4 years · 5,722 ha
  9. 9DolaNgounié2×2 years · 1,144 ha
  10. 10DjouèHaut-Ogooué2×2 years · 201 ha
  11. 11NdougouOgooué-Maritime1×1 year · 1,153 ha
  12. 12EtimbouèOgooué-Maritime1×1 year · 1,153 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1PlateauxHaut-Ogooué111,984 ha78× · 20 %
  2. 2MongoNyanga24,109 ha16× · 3.8 %
  3. 3MougoutsiNyanga16,580 ha10× · 5.0 %
  4. 4BendjèOgooué-Maritime14,505 ha10× · 1.8 %
  5. 5DoutsitaNyanga9,190 ha8× · 3.2 %
  6. 6Djouori-AgniliHaut-Ogooué7,633 ha7× · 4.0 %
  7. 7MpassaHaut-Ogooué6,082 ha7× · 1.2 %
  8. 8Komo-OcéanEstuaire5,722 ha5× · 1.5 %
  9. 9NdougouOgooué-Maritime1,153 ha1× · 0.1 %
  10. 10EtimbouèOgooué-Maritime1,153 ha1× · 0.1 %
  11. 11DolaNgounié1,144 ha2× · 0.4 %
  12. 12DjouèHaut-Ogooué201 ha2× · 0.1 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1PlateauxHaut-Ogooué20 %111,984 ha · 5,646 km²
  2. 2MougoutsiNyanga5.0 %16,580 ha · 3,330 km²
  3. 3Djouori-AgniliHaut-Ogooué4.0 %7,633 ha · 1,905 km²
  4. 4MongoNyanga3.8 %24,109 ha · 6,310 km²
  5. 5DoutsitaNyanga3.2 %9,190 ha · 2,892 km²
  6. 6BendjèOgooué-Maritime1.8 %14,505 ha · 7,889 km²
  7. 7Komo-OcéanEstuaire1.5 %5,722 ha · 3,763 km²
  8. 8MpassaHaut-Ogooué1.2 %6,082 ha · 5,279 km²
  9. 9DolaNgounié0.4 %1,144 ha · 2,882 km²
  10. 10NdougouOgooué-Maritime0.1 %1,153 ha · 8,285 km²
  11. 11EtimbouèOgooué-Maritime0.1 %1,153 ha · 8,336 km²
  12. 12DjouèHaut-Ogooué0.1 %201 ha · 2,278 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.