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Municipalities that have burned most often in Honduras

Municipalities of Honduras with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 147. With two or more: 112. Top of the list is Puerto Lempira, which has burned 102 times in 11 years, with 173,947 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Puerto LempiraGracias a Dios102×11 years · 173,947 ha
  2. 2GualacoOlancho50×6 years · 85,342 ha
  3. 3CatacamasOlancho49×8 years · 81,219 ha
  4. 4DanlíEl Paraíso44×8 years · 95,785 ha
  5. 5JuticalpaOlancho41×10 years · 66,054 ha
  6. 6GuaimacaFrancisco Morazán38×10 years · 63,609 ha
  7. 7Distrito CentralFrancisco Morazán37×10 years · 50,527 ha
  8. 8Brus LagunaGracias a Dios35×6 years · 54,562 ha
  9. 9San IgnacioFrancisco Morazán31×9 years · 67,326 ha
  10. 10AhuasGracias a Dios31×7 years · 55,852 ha
  11. 11CedrosFrancisco Morazán31×9 years · 53,398 ha
  12. 12TalangaFrancisco Morazán24×7 years · 19,947 ha
  13. 13El PorvenirFrancisco Morazán23×9 years · 48,704 ha
  14. 14San EstebanOlancho23×6 years · 47,853 ha
  15. 15La UniónOlancho21×6 years · 50,672 ha
  16. 16TeupasentiEl Paraíso21×7 years · 25,362 ha
  17. 17OricaFrancisco Morazán20×7 years · 36,212 ha
  18. 18Minas de OroComayagua20×8 years · 20,554 ha
  19. 19YoroYoro18×5 years · 25,487 ha
  20. 20IrionaColón18×6 years · 23,098 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Puerto LempiraGracias a Dios173,947 ha102× · 24 %
  2. 2DanlíEl Paraíso95,785 ha44× · 38 %
  3. 3GualacoOlancho85,342 ha50× · 38 %
  4. 4CatacamasOlancho81,219 ha49× · 11 %
  5. 5San IgnacioFrancisco Morazán67,326 ha31× · 2.0×
  6. 6JuticalpaOlancho66,054 ha41× · 25 %
  7. 7GuaimacaFrancisco Morazán63,609 ha38× · 81 %
  8. 8AhuasGracias a Dios55,852 ha31× · 42 %
  9. 9Brus LagunaGracias a Dios54,562 ha35× · 12 %
  10. 10CedrosFrancisco Morazán53,398 ha31× · 68 %
  11. 11La UniónOlancho50,672 ha21× · 82 %
  12. 12Distrito CentralFrancisco Morazán50,527 ha37× · 33 %
  13. 13El PorvenirFrancisco Morazán48,704 ha23× · 1.2×
  14. 14San EstebanOlancho47,853 ha23× · 25 %
  15. 15OricaFrancisco Morazán36,212 ha20× · 90 %
  16. 16JanoOlancho28,531 ha16× · 82 %
  17. 17GuayapeOlancho26,029 ha12× · 63 %
  18. 18YoroYoro25,487 ha18× · 11 %
  19. 19TeupasentiEl Paraíso25,362 ha21× · 38 %
  20. 20SalamáOlancho23,531 ha17× · 70 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1San IgnacioFrancisco Morazán2.0×67,326 ha · 334 km²
  2. 2El PorvenirFrancisco Morazán1.2×48,704 ha · 419 km²
  3. 3OricaFrancisco Morazán90 %36,212 ha · 402 km²
  4. 4JanoOlancho82 %28,531 ha · 348 km²
  5. 5La UniónOlancho82 %50,672 ha · 622 km²
  6. 6GuaimacaFrancisco Morazán81 %63,609 ha · 786 km²
  7. 7SalamáOlancho70 %23,531 ha · 336 km²
  8. 8CedrosFrancisco Morazán68 %53,398 ha · 786 km²
  9. 9San Francisco de BecerraOlancho67 %19,773 ha · 294 km²
  10. 10GuayapeOlancho63 %26,029 ha · 416 km²
  11. 11El RosarioOlancho58 %8,059 ha · 139 km²
  12. 12VallecilloFrancisco Morazán55 %12,235 ha · 221 km²
  13. 13MaraleFrancisco Morazán52 %21,174 ha · 405 km²
  14. 14San BuenaventuraFrancisco Morazán52 %3,266 ha · 63 km²
  15. 15Minas de OroComayagua52 %20,554 ha · 395 km²
  16. 16AguanqueteriqueLa Paz50 %9,491 ha · 191 km²
  17. 17TalangaFrancisco Morazán46 %19,947 ha · 433 km²
  18. 18GuajiquiroLa Paz46 %16,099 ha · 350 km²
  19. 19PotrerillosEl Paraíso44 %5,779 ha · 131 km²
  20. 20AhuasGracias a Dios42 %55,852 ha · 1,319 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.