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Regions that have burned most often in Guyana

Regions of Guyana with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 9. With two or more: 9. Top of the list is Mahaica-Berbice, which has burned 42 times in 6 years, with 91,530 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Mahaica-Berbice42×6 years · 91,530 ha
  2. 2Demerara-Mahaica30×7 years · 55,483 ha
  3. 3East Berbice-Corentyne28×6 years · 66,612 ha
  4. 4Upper Demerara-Berbice17×5 years · 27,346 ha
  5. 5Pomeroon-Supenaam7×5 years · 11,510 ha
  6. 6Barina-Waini7×3 years · 11,086 ha
  7. 7Potaro-Siparuni5×4 years · 7,144 ha
  8. 8Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo4×2 years · 5,853 ha
  9. 9Essequibo Islands-West Demerara4×3 years · 5,203 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Mahaica-Berbice91,530 ha42× · 23 %
  2. 2East Berbice-Corentyne66,612 ha28× · 1.8 %
  3. 3Demerara-Mahaica55,483 ha30× · 27 %
  4. 4Upper Demerara-Berbice27,346 ha17× · 1.7 %
  5. 5Pomeroon-Supenaam11,510 ha7× · 2.0 %
  6. 6Barina-Waini11,086 ha7× · 0.6 %
  7. 7Potaro-Siparuni7,144 ha5× · 0.3 %
  8. 8Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo5,853 ha4× · 0.1 %
  9. 9Essequibo Islands-West Demerara5,203 ha4× · 1.5 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Demerara-Mahaica27 %55,483 ha · 2,075 km²
  2. 2Mahaica-Berbice23 %91,530 ha · 3,917 km²
  3. 3Pomeroon-Supenaam2.0 %11,510 ha · 5,817 km²
  4. 4East Berbice-Corentyne1.8 %66,612 ha · 37,737 km²
  5. 5Upper Demerara-Berbice1.7 %27,346 ha · 16,233 km²
  6. 6Essequibo Islands-West Demerara1.5 %5,203 ha · 3,487 km²
  7. 7Barina-Waini0.6 %11,086 ha · 19,340 km²
  8. 8Potaro-Siparuni0.3 %7,144 ha · 20,689 km²
  9. 9Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo0.1 %5,853 ha · 54,852 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.