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Regencies that have burned most often in Indonesia

Regencies of Indonesia with at least one fire larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 203. With two or more: 169. Top of the list is Merauke, which has burned 281 times in 7 years, with 1,122,667 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MeraukePapua281×7 years · 1,122,667 ha
  2. 2KetapangWest Kalimantan103×5 years · 744,871 ha
  3. 3Ogan Komering IlirSouth Sumatra99×4 years · 726,830 ha
  4. 4KapuasCentral Kalimantan74×4 years · 382,700 ha
  5. 5SeruyanCentral Kalimantan65×4 years · 626,995 ha
  6. 6Pulang PisauCentral Kalimantan65×4 years · 603,862 ha
  7. 7Kotawaringin TimurCentral Kalimantan45×4 years · 325,826 ha
  8. 8MappiPapua43×4 years · 150,103 ha
  9. 9Musi BanyuasinSouth Sumatra39×4 years · 149,405 ha
  10. 10Kubu RayaWest Kalimantan38×5 years · 135,346 ha
  11. 11KatinganCentral Kalimantan34×4 years · 195,738 ha
  12. 12Rokan HilirRiau34×7 years · 116,175 ha
  13. 13Kutai KartanegaraEast Kalimantan31×6 years · 89,689 ha
  14. 14SanggauWest Kalimantan29×7 years · 74,769 ha
  15. 15Kutai TimurEast Kalimantan29×4 years · 63,550 ha
  16. 16BanjarSouth Kalimantan26×4 years · 99,103 ha
  17. 17FakfakWest Papua24×1 year · 200,380 ha
  18. 18KupangEast Nusa Tenggara24×8 years · 63,653 ha
  19. 19PelalawanRiau24×6 years · 58,898 ha
  20. 20Barito KualaSouth Kalimantan24×4 years · 52,187 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MeraukePapua1,122,667 ha281× · 25 %
  2. 2KetapangWest Kalimantan744,871 ha103× · 25 %
  3. 3Ogan Komering IlirSouth Sumatra726,830 ha99× · 40 %
  4. 4SeruyanCentral Kalimantan626,995 ha65× · 37 %
  5. 5Pulang PisauCentral Kalimantan603,862 ha65× · 62 %
  6. 6KapuasCentral Kalimantan382,700 ha74× · 22 %
  7. 7Kotawaringin TimurCentral Kalimantan325,826 ha45× · 21 %
  8. 8Kotawaringin BaratCentral Kalimantan217,178 ha19× · 26 %
  9. 9FakfakWest Papua200,380 ha24× · 18 %
  10. 10KatinganCentral Kalimantan195,738 ha34× · 10 %
  11. 11Boven DigoelPapua183,908 ha14× · 7.7 %
  12. 12MappiPapua150,103 ha43× · 5.8 %
  13. 13Musi BanyuasinSouth Sumatra149,405 ha39× · 10 %
  14. 14SukamaraCentral Kalimantan147,083 ha18× · 45 %
  15. 15PaserEast Kalimantan140,906 ha23× · 13 %
  16. 16Kubu RayaWest Kalimantan135,346 ha38× · 16 %
  17. 17Muaro JambiJambi121,609 ha12× · 22 %
  18. 18Kota Palangka RayaCentral Kalimantan120,901 ha13× · 46 %
  19. 19Kayong UtaraWest Kalimantan119,845 ha17× · 26 %
  20. 20Hulu Sungai SelatanSouth Kalimantan118,772 ha17× · 70 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Hulu Sungai SelatanSouth Kalimantan70 %118,772 ha · 1,709 km²
  2. 2Pulang PisauCentral Kalimantan62 %603,862 ha · 9,807 km²
  3. 3Kota Palangka RayaCentral Kalimantan46 %120,901 ha · 2,620 km²
  4. 4SukamaraCentral Kalimantan45 %147,083 ha · 3,305 km²
  5. 5Hulu Sungai UtaraSouth Kalimantan41 %36,542 ha · 895 km²
  6. 6Ogan Komering IlirSouth Sumatra40 %726,830 ha · 18,065 km²
  7. 7SeruyanCentral Kalimantan37 %626,995 ha · 16,724 km²
  8. 8Kota Banjar BaruSouth Kalimantan29 %9,294 ha · 326 km²
  9. 9TapinSouth Kalimantan26 %57,545 ha · 2,206 km²
  10. 10Kayong UtaraWest Kalimantan26 %119,845 ha · 4,648 km²
  11. 11Kotawaringin BaratCentral Kalimantan26 %217,178 ha · 8,438 km²
  12. 12MeraukePapua25 %1,122,667 ha · 44,290 km²
  13. 13KetapangWest Kalimantan25 %744,871 ha · 29,947 km²
  14. 14Siau Tagulandang Biaro22 %4,961 ha · 221 km²
  15. 15Muaro JambiJambi22 %121,609 ha · 5,456 km²
  16. 16BuruMaluku22 %99,857 ha · 4,490 km²
  17. 17KapuasCentral Kalimantan22 %382,700 ha · 17,412 km²
  18. 18Barito KualaSouth Kalimantan22 %52,187 ha · 2,396 km²
  19. 19BondowosoEast Java21 %33,513 ha · 1,565 km²
  20. 20BanjarSouth Kalimantan21 %99,103 ha · 4,756 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,500 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.