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Municipalities that have burned most often in Guatemala

Municipalities of Guatemala with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 99. With two or more: 60. Top of the list is San Andrés, which has burned 84 times in 10 years, with 139,402 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1San AndrésPetén84×10 years · 139,402 ha
  2. 2La LibertadPetén50×11 years · 68,717 ha
  3. 3EscuintlaEscuintla12×8 years · 14,044 ha
  4. 4El EstorIzabal11×6 years · 17,540 ha
  5. 5Las CrucesPetén11×6 years · 9,589 ha
  6. 6Río HondoZacapa9×6 years · 12,150 ha
  7. 7DoloresPetén8×5 years · 10,590 ha
  8. 8LívingstonIzabal8×3 years · 7,827 ha
  9. 9San Vicente PacayaEscuintla7×6 years · 1,518 ha
  10. 10San Mateo IxtatánHuehuetenango6×2 years · 14,905 ha
  11. 11San LuisPetén6×4 years · 8,725 ha
  12. 12ChicamánAlta Verapaz6×3 years · 7,730 ha
  13. 13TucurúAlta Verapaz6×5 years · 4,141 ha
  14. 14SenahúAlta Verapaz6×4 years · 2,643 ha
  15. 15TeculutánZacapa5×4 years · 9,368 ha
  16. 16SacapulasQuiché5×5 years · 8,142 ha
  17. 17Fray Bartolomé de las CasasAlta Verapaz5×2 years · 7,455 ha
  18. 18San FranciscoPetén5×3 years · 7,173 ha
  19. 19PasacoJutiapa5×4 years · 3,092 ha
  20. 20TaxiscoSanta Rosa4×4 years · 7,470 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1San AndrésPetén139,402 ha84× · 17 %
  2. 2La LibertadPetén68,717 ha50× · 14 %
  3. 3El EstorIzabal17,540 ha11× · 11 %
  4. 4San Mateo IxtatánHuehuetenango14,905 ha6× · 27 %
  5. 5EscuintlaEscuintla14,044 ha12× · 26 %
  6. 6Río HondoZacapa12,150 ha9× · 26 %
  7. 7DoloresPetén10,590 ha8× · 6.3 %
  8. 8Las CrucesPetén9,589 ha11× · 5.4 %
  9. 9TeculutánZacapa9,368 ha5× · 44 %
  10. 10San LuisPetén8,725 ha6× · 2.8 %
  11. 11SacapulasQuiché8,142 ha5× · 22 %
  12. 12LívingstonIzabal7,827 ha8× · 3.3 %
  13. 13ChicamánAlta Verapaz7,730 ha6× · 14 %
  14. 14TaxiscoSanta Rosa7,470 ha4× · 12 %
  15. 15Fray Bartolomé de las CasasAlta Verapaz7,455 ha5× · 6.1 %
  16. 16JacaltenangoHuehuetenango7,374 ha4× · 45 %
  17. 17San FranciscoPetén7,173 ha5× · 4.5 %
  18. 18ChahalAlta Verapaz6,621 ha3× · 14 %
  19. 19PoptúnPetén6,479 ha4× · 5.9 %
  20. 20Melchor de MencosPetén5,002 ha4× · 2.4 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1JacaltenangoHuehuetenango45 %7,374 ha · 164 km²
  2. 2TeculutánZacapa44 %9,368 ha · 213 km²
  3. 3San Mateo IxtatánHuehuetenango27 %14,905 ha · 551 km²
  4. 4Río HondoZacapa26 %12,150 ha · 460 km²
  5. 5EscuintlaEscuintla26 %14,044 ha · 550 km²
  6. 6SacapulasQuiché22 %8,142 ha · 370 km²
  7. 7UsumatlánZacapa22 %2,388 ha · 109 km²
  8. 8YepocapaChimaltenango21 %4,384 ha · 207 km²
  9. 9PasacoJutiapa21 %3,092 ha · 150 km²
  10. 10SolomaHuehuetenango19 %2,483 ha · 128 km²
  11. 11TucurúAlta Verapaz19 %4,141 ha · 220 km²
  12. 12San José AcatempaJutiapa19 %2,122 ha · 113 km²
  13. 13San AndrésPetén17 %139,402 ha · 8,086 km²
  14. 14ChahalAlta Verapaz14 %6,621 ha · 463 km²
  15. 15La LibertadPetén14 %68,717 ha · 5,009 km²
  16. 16ChicamánAlta Verapaz14 %7,730 ha · 570 km²
  17. 17SipacateEscuintla13 %3,552 ha · 270 km²
  18. 18QuesadaJutiapa12 %1,724 ha · 140 km²
  19. 19GuanagazapaEscuintla12 %2,722 ha · 229 km²
  20. 20TaxiscoSanta Rosa12 %7,470 ha · 644 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.