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Sectors that have burned most often in Guinea-Bissau

Sectors of Guinea-Bissau with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 30. With two or more: 23. Top of the list is Gabú, which has burned 57 times in 10 years, with 66,522 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1GabúGabú57×10 years · 66,522 ha
  2. 2Madina do BoéGabú55×11 years · 78,166 ha
  3. 3PitcheGabú43×11 years · 49,535 ha
  4. 4ContuboelBafatá42×10 years · 62,543 ha
  5. 5MansabáOio30×10 years · 33,126 ha
  6. 6PiradaGabú29×8 years · 34,846 ha
  7. 7FarimOio27×10 years · 40,284 ha
  8. 8BambadincaBafatá15×7 years · 17,708 ha
  9. 9MansôaOio14×9 years · 15,208 ha
  10. 10XitoleBafatá14×9 years · 14,753 ha
  11. 11GalomaroBafatá10×6 years · 10,530 ha
  12. 12SonacoGabú10×4 years · 4,468 ha
  13. 13QueboTombali9×6 years · 13,644 ha
  14. 14GamamundoBafatá9×4 years · 13,307 ha
  15. 15CacineTombali8×6 years · 18,713 ha
  16. 16BubaQuinara8×5 years · 8,550 ha
  17. 17São DomingosCacheu4×2 years · 6,436 ha
  18. 18UnoBolama4×3 years · 4,166 ha
  19. 19CacheuCacheu3×2 years · 3,858 ha
  20. 20BafatáBafatá3×3 years · 249 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Madina do BoéGabú78,166 ha55× · 30 %
  2. 2GabúGabú66,522 ha57× · 23 %
  3. 3ContuboelBafatá62,543 ha42× · 46 %
  4. 4PitcheGabú49,535 ha43× · 25 %
  5. 5FarimOio40,284 ha27× · 26 %
  6. 6PiradaGabú34,846 ha29× · 36 %
  7. 7MansabáOio33,126 ha30× · 27 %
  8. 8CacineTombali18,713 ha8× · 29 %
  9. 9BambadincaBafatá17,708 ha15× · 20 %
  10. 10MansôaOio15,208 ha14× · 12 %
  11. 11XitoleBafatá14,753 ha14× · 12 %
  12. 12QueboTombali13,644 ha9× · 13 %
  13. 13GamamundoBafatá13,307 ha9× · 12 %
  14. 14GalomaroBafatá10,530 ha10× · 12 %
  15. 15BubaQuinara8,550 ha8× · 11 %
  16. 16São DomingosCacheu6,436 ha4× · 5.6 %
  17. 17SonacoGabú4,468 ha10× · 5.7 %
  18. 18UnoBolama4,166 ha4× · 12 %
  19. 19CacheuCacheu3,858 ha3× · 3.7 %
  20. 20TiteQuinara3,167 ha2× · 4.2 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1ContuboelBafatá46 %62,543 ha · 1,352 km²
  2. 2PiradaGabú36 %34,846 ha · 981 km²
  3. 3Madina do BoéGabú30 %78,166 ha · 2,586 km²
  4. 4CacineTombali29 %18,713 ha · 653 km²
  5. 5MansabáOio27 %33,126 ha · 1,249 km²
  6. 6FarimOio26 %40,284 ha · 1,578 km²
  7. 7PitcheGabú25 %49,535 ha · 1,960 km²
  8. 8GabúGabú23 %66,522 ha · 2,843 km²
  9. 9BambadincaBafatá20 %17,708 ha · 885 km²
  10. 10QueboTombali13 %13,644 ha · 1,076 km²
  11. 11UnoBolama12 %4,166 ha · 336 km²
  12. 12GamamundoBafatá12 %13,307 ha · 1,075 km²
  13. 13GalomaroBafatá12 %10,530 ha · 870 km²
  14. 14XitoleBafatá12 %14,753 ha · 1,266 km²
  15. 15MansôaOio12 %15,208 ha · 1,320 km²
  16. 16BubaQuinara11 %8,550 ha · 787 km²
  17. 17SonacoGabú5.7 %4,468 ha · 787 km²
  18. 18São DomingosCacheu5.6 %6,436 ha · 1,142 km²
  19. 19BubaqueBolama5.4 %1,347 ha · 250 km²
  20. 20TiteQuinara4.2 %3,167 ha · 761 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.