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Municipalities that have burned most often in Georgia

Municipalities of Georgia with at least one fire larger than 300 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 45. With two or more: 28. Top of the list is Dedoplis Tskaro, which has burned 126 times in 11 years, with 88,279 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Dedoplis TskaroKakheti126×11 years · 88,279 ha
  2. 2SighnaghiKakheti67×11 years · 42,490 ha
  3. 3GaliAbkhazia44×10 years · 24,521 ha
  4. 4OchamchireAbkhazia21×9 years · 9,244 ha
  5. 5LanchkhutiGuria17×8 years · 13,045 ha
  6. 6KhobiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti17×7 years · 10,261 ha
  7. 7ZugdidiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti10×7 years · 4,640 ha
  8. 8DushetiMtskheta-Mtianeti10×6 years · 4,165 ha
  9. 9AkhalgoriMtskheta-Mtianeti8×3 years · 3,136 ha
  10. 10GudautaAbkhazia7×4 years · 9,811 ha
  11. 11SokhumiAbkhazia7×3 years · 5,441 ha
  12. 12JavaShida Kartli6×3 years · 2,952 ha
  13. 13AkhmetaKakheti6×2 years · 2,582 ha
  14. 14SagarejoKakheti6×4 years · 2,078 ha
  15. 15GagraAbkhazia5×3 years · 6,261 ha
  16. 16OniRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti4×3 years · 2,562 ha
  17. 17TianetiMtskheta-Mtianeti4×2 years · 1,013 ha
  18. 18TsqaltuboImereti4×4 years · 938 ha
  19. 19BorjomiSamtskhe–Javakheti3×2 years · 3,470 ha
  20. 20GoriShida Kartli3×3 years · 1,489 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Dedoplis TskaroKakheti88,279 ha126× · 34 %
  2. 2SighnaghiKakheti42,490 ha67× · 33 %
  3. 3GaliAbkhazia24,521 ha44× · 28 %
  4. 4LanchkhutiGuria13,045 ha17× · 21 %
  5. 5KhobiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti10,261 ha17× · 14 %
  6. 6GudautaAbkhazia9,811 ha7× · 6.9 %
  7. 7OchamchireAbkhazia9,244 ha21× · 5.2 %
  8. 8GagraAbkhazia6,261 ha5× · 5.3 %
  9. 9SokhumiAbkhazia5,441 ha7× · 3.8 %
  10. 10ZugdidiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti4,640 ha10× · 7.3 %
  11. 11DushetiMtskheta-Mtianeti4,165 ha10× · 1.4 %
  12. 12BorjomiSamtskhe–Javakheti3,470 ha3× · 2.9 %
  13. 13AkhalgoriMtskheta-Mtianeti3,136 ha8× · 3.4 %
  14. 14JavaShida Kartli2,952 ha6× · 2.8 %
  15. 15AkhmetaKakheti2,582 ha6× · 1.1 %
  16. 16OniRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti2,562 ha4× · 1.3 %
  17. 17SagarejoKakheti2,078 ha6× · 1.4 %
  18. 18GoriShida Kartli1,489 ha3× · 0.7 %
  19. 19GardabaniKvemo Kartli1,475 ha3× · 1.1 %
  20. 20GulripshiAbkhazia1,353 ha2× · 0.7 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Dedoplis TskaroKakheti34 %88,279 ha · 2,581 km²
  2. 2SighnaghiKakheti33 %42,490 ha · 1,290 km²
  3. 3GaliAbkhazia28 %24,521 ha · 882 km²
  4. 4LanchkhutiGuria21 %13,045 ha · 612 km²
  5. 5KhobiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti14 %10,261 ha · 720 km²
  6. 6ZugdidiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti7.3 %4,640 ha · 639 km²
  7. 7GudautaAbkhazia6.9 %9,811 ha · 1,421 km²
  8. 8GagraAbkhazia5.3 %6,261 ha · 1,181 km²
  9. 9OchamchireAbkhazia5.2 %9,244 ha · 1,783 km²
  10. 10SokhumiAbkhazia3.8 %5,441 ha · 1,444 km²
  11. 11AkhalgoriMtskheta-Mtianeti3.4 %3,136 ha · 921 km²
  12. 12BorjomiSamtskhe–Javakheti2.9 %3,470 ha · 1,208 km²
  13. 13JavaShida Kartli2.8 %2,952 ha · 1,036 km²
  14. 14KhoniImereti1.6 %625 ha · 383 km²
  15. 15SagarejoKakheti1.4 %2,078 ha · 1,480 km²
  16. 16DushetiMtskheta-Mtianeti1.4 %4,165 ha · 3,009 km²
  17. 17TsqaltuboImereti1.4 %938 ha · 684 km²
  18. 18OniRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti1.3 %2,562 ha · 1,924 km²
  19. 19KobuletiAdjara1.2 %991 ha · 803 km²
  20. 20TianetiMtskheta-Mtianeti1.2 %1,013 ha · 866 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 300 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.