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Districts that have burned most often in Kazakhstan

Districts of Kazakhstan with at least one fire larger than 3,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 112. With two or more: 85. Top of the list is Ulytauskiy, which has burned 68 times in 8 years, with 465,397 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1UlytauskiyKaraganda Region68×8 years · 465,397 ha
  2. 2ShetskiyKaraganda Region53×7 years · 366,194 ha
  3. 3ZhanaarkinskiyKaraganda Region41×6 years · 351,281 ha
  4. 4Dzhangil`dinskiyKostanay Region32×7 years · 188,962 ha
  5. 5KurmangazinskiyAtyrau Region28×9 years · 157,672 ha
  6. 6KarkaralinskiyKaraganda Region26×8 years · 124,129 ha
  7. 7BayganinskiyAktobe Region24×4 years · 142,984 ha
  8. 8AyagozskiyEast Kazakhstan Region24×7 years · 141,945 ha
  9. 9UrdzharskiyEast Kazakhstan Region23×9 years · 140,072 ha
  10. 10NurinskiyKaraganda Region22×3 years · 138,525 ha
  11. 11Amangel`dinskiyKostanay Region21×5 years · 97,064 ha
  12. 12MugalzharskiyAktobe Region20×5 years · 100,797 ha
  13. 13AkzhaikskiyWest Kazakhstan Region20×4 years · 91,279 ha
  14. 14AytekebiyskiyAktobe Region20×7 years · 63,875 ha
  15. 15KhobdinskiyAktobe Region18×5 years · 82,105 ha
  16. 16BalkhashskiyAlmaty Region17×6 years · 125,457 ha
  17. 17MoyynkumskiyJambyl Region17×9 years · 93,623 ha
  18. 18AktogayskiyKaraganda Region17×6 years · 86,343 ha
  19. 19SemipalatinskiyEast Kazakhstan Region15×5 years · 79,644 ha
  20. 20AlakolskiyAlmaty Region15×7 years · 77,803 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1UlytauskiyKaraganda Region465,397 ha68× · 3.6 %
  2. 2ShetskiyKaraganda Region366,194 ha53× · 5.5 %
  3. 3ZhanaarkinskiyKaraganda Region351,281 ha41× · 5.6 %
  4. 4Dzhangil`dinskiyKostanay Region188,962 ha32× · 4.9 %
  5. 5KurmangazinskiyAtyrau Region157,672 ha28× · 7.5 %
  6. 6BayganinskiyAktobe Region142,984 ha24× · 2.3 %
  7. 7AyagozskiyEast Kazakhstan Region141,945 ha24× · 3.0 %
  8. 8UrdzharskiyEast Kazakhstan Region140,072 ha23× · 5.6 %
  9. 9NurinskiyKaraganda Region138,525 ha22× · 2.9 %
  10. 10BalkhashskiyAlmaty Region125,457 ha17× · 3.3 %
  11. 11KarkaralinskiyKaraganda Region124,129 ha26× · 3.5 %
  12. 12MugalzharskiyAktobe Region100,797 ha20× · 3.4 %
  13. 13Amangel`dinskiyKostanay Region97,064 ha21× · 3.5 %
  14. 14MoyynkumskiyJambyl Region93,623 ha17× · 1.9 %
  15. 15AkzhaikskiyWest Kazakhstan Region91,279 ha20× · 3.5 %
  16. 16AktogayskiyKaraganda Region86,343 ha17× · 1.5 %
  17. 17KhobdinskiyAktobe Region82,105 ha18× · 6.0 %
  18. 18SemipalatinskiyEast Kazakhstan Region79,644 ha15× · 2.5 %
  19. 19KaratobinskiyWest Kazakhstan Region77,838 ha11× · 7.8 %
  20. 20AlakolskiyAlmaty Region77,803 ha15× · 2.1 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1KaratobinskiyWest Kazakhstan Region7.8 %77,838 ha · 9,924 km²
  2. 2KurmangazinskiyAtyrau Region7.5 %157,672 ha · 21,042 km²
  3. 3PavlodarskiyPavlodar Region6.6 %42,820 ha · 6,518 km²
  4. 4ZhualyJambyl Region6.4 %4,444 ha · 690 km²
  5. 5KhobdinskiyAktobe Region6.0 %82,105 ha · 13,602 km²
  6. 6ZhanaarkinskiyKaraganda Region5.6 %351,281 ha · 62,819 km²
  7. 7UrdzharskiyEast Kazakhstan Region5.6 %140,072 ha · 25,212 km²
  8. 8ShetskiyKaraganda Region5.5 %366,194 ha · 66,128 km²
  9. 9BorodulikhinskiyEast Kazakhstan Region5.4 %33,473 ha · 6,210 km²
  10. 10AbayskiyKaraganda Region5.0 %33,235 ha · 6,697 km²
  11. 11Dzhangil`dinskiyKostanay Region4.9 %188,962 ha · 38,639 km²
  12. 12IsatayskiyAtyrau Region4.7 %65,483 ha · 13,987 km²
  13. 13KokpektinskiyEast Kazakhstan Region4.4 %63,957 ha · 14,496 km²
  14. 14TemirskiyAktobe Region4.1 %50,953 ha · 12,497 km²
  15. 15Bukhar-ZhyrauskiyKaraganda Region4.0 %61,275 ha · 15,284 km²
  16. 16KargalinskiyAktobe Region3.9 %18,829 ha · 4,826 km²
  17. 17UlytauskiyKaraganda Region3.6 %465,397 ha · 128,023 km²
  18. 18AktogayskiyPavlodar Region3.6 %33,944 ha · 9,390 km²
  19. 19DzhangalinskiyWest Kazakhstan Region3.6 %76,476 ha · 21,458 km²
  20. 20KarkaralinskiyKaraganda Region3.5 %124,129 ha · 35,148 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 3,000 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.