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Districts that have burned most often in Ghana

Districts of Ghana with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 106. With two or more: 89. Top of the list is North Gonja, which has burned 105 times in 11 years, with 253,095 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1North GonjaSavannah105×11 years · 253,095 ha
  2. 2West GonjaSavannah94×11 years · 332,594 ha
  3. 3Central GonjaSavannah84×11 years · 228,010 ha
  4. 4Sekyere Afram Plains NorthAshanti83×10 years · 556,507 ha
  5. 5Sissala EastUpper West Region83×11 years · 401,098 ha
  6. 6Sene EastBono East70×11 years · 572,379 ha
  7. 7North East GonjaSavannah70×10 years · 220,197 ha
  8. 8MionNorthern Region66×11 years · 158,157 ha
  9. 9KaragaNorthern Region64×11 years · 141,612 ha
  10. 10Sene WestBono East61×11 years · 400,548 ha
  11. 11GusheguNorthern Region58×11 years · 141,441 ha
  12. 12Sawla-Tuna-KalbaSavannah55×10 years · 116,597 ha
  13. 13Atebubu AmantinBono East49×11 years · 130,390 ha
  14. 14SabobaNorthern Region38×10 years · 87,383 ha
  15. 15SaveluguNorthern Region37×11 years · 94,378 ha
  16. 16Sissala WestUpper West Region33×11 years · 103,862 ha
  17. 17West MamprusiNorth East Region33×10 years · 94,565 ha
  18. 18Pru WestBono East33×10 years · 91,692 ha
  19. 19BoleSavannah32×10 years · 85,450 ha
  20. 20Kintampo NorthBono East31×10 years · 79,153 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Sene EastBono East572,379 ha70× · 1.3×
  2. 2Sekyere Afram Plains NorthAshanti556,507 ha83× · 1.6×
  3. 3Sissala EastUpper West Region401,098 ha83× · 78 %
  4. 4Sene WestBono East400,548 ha61× · 1.2×
  5. 5West GonjaSavannah332,594 ha94× · 70 %
  6. 6North GonjaSavannah253,095 ha105× · 52 %
  7. 7Central GonjaSavannah228,010 ha84× · 30 %
  8. 8North East GonjaSavannah220,197 ha70× · 36 %
  9. 9MionNorthern Region158,157 ha66× · 58 %
  10. 10KaragaNorthern Region141,612 ha64× · 45 %
  11. 11GusheguNorthern Region141,441 ha58× · 53 %
  12. 12Atebubu AmantinBono East130,390 ha49× · 49 %
  13. 13Sawla-Tuna-KalbaSavannah116,597 ha55× · 27 %
  14. 14Sunyani WestBono105,388 ha27× · 99 %
  15. 15Sissala WestUpper West Region103,862 ha33× · 50 %
  16. 16West MamprusiNorth East Region94,565 ha33× · 36 %
  17. 17SaveluguNorthern Region94,378 ha37× · 61 %
  18. 18Pru WestBono East91,692 ha33× · 58 %
  19. 19SabobaNorthern Region87,383 ha38× · 50 %
  20. 20BoleSavannah85,450 ha32× · 14 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Sekyere Afram Plains NorthAshanti1.6×556,507 ha · 3,549 km²
  2. 2Sene EastBono East1.3×572,379 ha · 4,421 km²
  3. 3Sene WestBono East1.2×400,548 ha · 3,284 km²
  4. 4Sunyani WestBono99 %105,388 ha · 1,066 km²
  5. 5Sissala EastUpper West Region78 %401,098 ha · 5,127 km²
  6. 6West GonjaSavannah70 %332,594 ha · 4,747 km²
  7. 7SaveluguNorthern Region61 %94,378 ha · 1,556 km²
  8. 8Pru WestBono East58 %91,692 ha · 1,579 km²
  9. 9MionNorthern Region58 %158,157 ha · 2,731 km²
  10. 10GusheguNorthern Region53 %141,441 ha · 2,693 km²
  11. 11North GonjaSavannah52 %253,095 ha · 4,878 km²
  12. 12Sissala WestUpper West Region50 %103,862 ha · 2,064 km²
  13. 13SabobaNorthern Region50 %87,383 ha · 1,763 km²
  14. 14Atebubu AmantinBono East49 %130,390 ha · 2,642 km²
  15. 15KumbunguNorthern Region48 %75,246 ha · 1,552 km²
  16. 16TamaleNorthern Region47 %30,426 ha · 651 km²
  17. 17KaragaNorthern Region45 %141,612 ha · 3,141 km²
  18. 18YendiNorthern Region41 %59,322 ha · 1,456 km²
  19. 19Sekyere CentralAshanti40 %66,050 ha · 1,642 km²
  20. 20Offinso NorthAshanti40 %38,249 ha · 952 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.