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Constituencies that have burned most often in Kenya

Constituencies of Kenya with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 81. With two or more: 50. Top of the list is Turkana West, which has burned 55 times in 9 years, with 105,192 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Turkana WestTurkana55×9 years · 105,192 ha
  2. 2Narok WestNarok30×10 years · 50,156 ha
  3. 3Turkana NorthTurkana29×10 years · 39,279 ha
  4. 4Isiolo SouthIsiolo28×6 years · 46,012 ha
  5. 5Isiolo NorthIsiolo22×7 years · 54,817 ha
  6. 6Kibwezi EastMakueni22×9 years · 35,147 ha
  7. 7KilgorisNarok18×7 years · 31,394 ha
  8. 8North HorrMarsabit15×5 years · 36,827 ha
  9. 9Lamu EastLamu14×5 years · 16,876 ha
  10. 10Kajiado SouthKajiado13×6 years · 9,178 ha
  11. 11TavetaTaita Taveta11×3 years · 17,169 ha
  12. 12LaisamisMarsabit10×5 years · 26,215 ha
  13. 13VoiTaita Taveta10×6 years · 14,069 ha
  14. 14Kitui EastKitui9×2 years · 8,220 ha
  15. 15Turkana EastTurkana9×5 years · 6,988 ha
  16. 16MwatateTaita Taveta8×5 years · 18,889 ha
  17. 17KipipiriNyandarua8×4 years · 15,006 ha
  18. 18Turkana SouthTurkana8×5 years · 13,619 ha
  19. 19Laikipia EastLaikipia7×4 years · 19,704 ha
  20. 20NdaragwaNyandarua6×4 years · 4,281 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Turkana WestTurkana105,192 ha55× · 7.1 %
  2. 2Isiolo NorthIsiolo54,817 ha22× · 3.6 %
  3. 3Narok WestNarok50,156 ha30× · 9.1 %
  4. 4Isiolo SouthIsiolo46,012 ha28× · 4.5 %
  5. 5Turkana NorthTurkana39,279 ha29× · 1.9 %
  6. 6North HorrMarsabit36,827 ha15× · 0.9 %
  7. 7Kibwezi EastMakueni35,147 ha22× · 16 %
  8. 8KilgorisNarok31,394 ha18× · 12 %
  9. 9LaisamisMarsabit26,215 ha10× · 1.1 %
  10. 10Cental ImentiMeru20,053 ha5× · 26 %
  11. 11Laikipia EastLaikipia19,704 ha7× · 6.1 %
  12. 12MwatateTaita Taveta18,889 ha8× · 5.1 %
  13. 13TavetaTaita Taveta17,169 ha11× · 4.3 %
  14. 14Lamu EastLamu16,876 ha14× · 7.8 %
  15. 15KipipiriNyandarua15,006 ha8× · 16 %
  16. 16VoiTaita Taveta14,069 ha10× · 1.6 %
  17. 17Turkana SouthTurkana13,619 ha8× · 1.8 %
  18. 18Samburu NorthSamburu11,677 ha4× · 1.4 %
  19. 19GarsenTana River10,746 ha5× · 0.7 %
  20. 20BuuriMeru10,453 ha4× · 7.9 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Cental ImentiMeru26 %20,053 ha · 777 km²
  2. 2KipipiriNyandarua16 %15,006 ha · 947 km²
  3. 3Kibwezi EastMakueni16 %35,147 ha · 2,235 km²
  4. 4South ImentiMeru12 %8,271 ha · 665 km²
  5. 5KilgorisNarok12 %31,394 ha · 2,556 km²
  6. 6BudalangiBusia12 %3,605 ha · 312 km²
  7. 7Narok WestNarok9.1 %50,156 ha · 5,483 km²
  8. 8BuuriMeru7.9 %10,453 ha · 1,323 km²
  9. 9Lamu EastLamu7.8 %16,876 ha · 2,169 km²
  10. 10Turkana WestTurkana7.1 %105,192 ha · 14,779 km²
  11. 11Mt. ElgonBungoma6.1 %5,898 ha · 962 km²
  12. 12Laikipia EastLaikipia6.1 %19,704 ha · 3,244 km²
  13. 13Kitui CentralKitui5.6 %4,096 ha · 734 km²
  14. 14GichuguKirinyaga5.5 %2,612 ha · 471 km²
  15. 15Kirinyaga CentralKirinyaga5.5 %1,321 ha · 239 km²
  16. 16MwatateTaita Taveta5.1 %18,889 ha · 3,714 km²
  17. 17NdaragwaNyandarua4.9 %4,281 ha · 879 km²
  18. 18KieniLaikipia4.9 %8,870 ha · 1,827 km²
  19. 19TetuNyeri4.8 %1,736 ha · 360 km²
  20. 20Kibwezi WestMakueni4.8 %8,455 ha · 1,779 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.