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Districts that have burned most often in Iraq

Districts of Iraq with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 48. With two or more: 38. Top of the list is Al-Kahla, which has burned 28 times in 5 years, with 71,104 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Al-KahlaMaysan28×5 years · 71,104 ha
  2. 2Al-AmadiyaDohuk28×6 years · 38,124 ha
  3. 3DaquqKirkuk17×5 years · 22,655 ha
  4. 4Al-MosulNinawa16×2 years · 21,001 ha
  5. 5TilkaefNinawa11×3 years · 11,578 ha
  6. 6AqraNinawa11×6 years · 11,509 ha
  7. 7KhanaqinDiyala10×4 years · 13,664 ha
  8. 8TelafarNinawa9×4 years · 11,514 ha
  9. 9Al-HamdaniyaNinawa9×3 years · 10,870 ha
  10. 10Al-ZibarErbil9×6 years · 9,587 ha
  11. 11Al-ChibayishDhi Qar9×4 years · 9,185 ha
  12. 12Al-Mejar Al-KabirMaysan8×5 years · 9,138 ha
  13. 13SharbazherAl-Sulaimaniyah8×5 years · 9,078 ha
  14. 14PanjwinAl-Sulaimaniyah8×6 years · 5,655 ha
  15. 15Tooz KhurmatoSalah al-Din7×2 years · 9,561 ha
  16. 16HalabchaAl-Sulaimaniyah7×4 years · 7,505 ha
  17. 17Al-ShikhanNinawa6×3 years · 7,742 ha
  18. 18DuhokDohuk6×3 years · 7,352 ha
  19. 19ZakhoDohuk6×4 years · 5,981 ha
  20. 20KirkukKirkuk6×4 years · 5,171 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Al-KahlaMaysan71,104 ha28× · 19 %
  2. 2Al-AmadiyaDohuk38,124 ha28× · 13 %
  3. 3DaquqKirkuk22,655 ha17× · 8.5 %
  4. 4Al-MosulNinawa21,001 ha16× · 4.4 %
  5. 5KhanaqinDiyala13,664 ha10× · 3.4 %
  6. 6TilkaefNinawa11,578 ha11× · 9.1 %
  7. 7TelafarNinawa11,514 ha9× · 2.4 %
  8. 8AqraNinawa11,509 ha11× · 3.9 %
  9. 9Al-HamdaniyaNinawa10,870 ha9× · 8.3 %
  10. 10Al-ZibarErbil9,587 ha9× · 10 %
  11. 11Tooz KhurmatoSalah al-Din9,561 ha7× · 4.5 %
  12. 12Al-ChibayishDhi Qar9,185 ha9× · 3.9 %
  13. 13Al-Mejar Al-KabirMaysan9,138 ha8× · 4.4 %
  14. 14SharbazherAl-Sulaimaniyah9,078 ha8× · 4.2 %
  15. 15DibisKirkuk8,882 ha5× · 5.1 %
  16. 16Al-ShikhanNinawa7,742 ha6× · 6.1 %
  17. 17HalabchaAl-Sulaimaniyah7,505 ha7× · 5.2 %
  18. 18DuhokDohuk7,352 ha6× · 7.1 %
  19. 19Al-HawigaKirkuk7,196 ha5× · 2.5 %
  20. 20SumailDohuk6,099 ha5× · 4.5 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Al-KahlaMaysan19 %71,104 ha · 3,655 km²
  2. 2Al-AmadiyaDohuk13 %38,124 ha · 2,876 km²
  3. 3Al-ZibarErbil10 %9,587 ha · 952 km²
  4. 4TilkaefNinawa9.1 %11,578 ha · 1,270 km²
  5. 5DaquqKirkuk8.5 %22,655 ha · 2,679 km²
  6. 6Al-HamdaniyaNinawa8.3 %10,870 ha · 1,305 km²
  7. 7DuhokDohuk7.1 %7,352 ha · 1,039 km²
  8. 8Al-ShikhanNinawa6.1 %7,742 ha · 1,262 km²
  9. 9PanjwinAl-Sulaimaniyah5.7 %5,655 ha · 999 km²
  10. 10HalabchaAl-Sulaimaniyah5.2 %7,505 ha · 1,453 km²
  11. 11DibisKirkuk5.1 %8,882 ha · 1,726 km²
  12. 12Tooz KhurmatoSalah al-Din4.5 %9,561 ha · 2,118 km²
  13. 13SumailDohuk4.5 %6,099 ha · 1,356 km²
  14. 14Al-MosulNinawa4.4 %21,001 ha · 4,727 km²
  15. 15Al-Mejar Al-KabirMaysan4.4 %9,138 ha · 2,080 km²
  16. 16ZakhoDohuk4.3 %5,981 ha · 1,385 km²
  17. 17SharbazherAl-Sulaimaniyah4.2 %9,078 ha · 2,174 km²
  18. 18Al-ChibayishDhi Qar3.9 %9,185 ha · 2,365 km²
  19. 19AqraNinawa3.9 %11,509 ha · 2,967 km²
  20. 20Al-ManatheraAn-Najaf3.8 %2,294 ha · 607 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.