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Districts that have burned most often in Laos

Districts of Laos with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 123. With two or more: 117. Top of the list is Hoon, which has burned 82 times in 11 years, with 220,370 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1HoonOudomxay82×11 years · 220,370 ha
  2. 2XayOudomxay71×11 years · 262,587 ha
  3. 3NgaOudomxay68×11 years · 211,405 ha
  4. 4PhonxayLuang Prabang67×11 years · 245,831 ha
  5. 5PakbengOudomxay54×10 years · 115,734 ha
  6. 6XayaburyXaignabouli52×11 years · 127,093 ha
  7. 7KhamXiangkhouang49×10 years · 140,408 ha
  8. 8NamorOudomxay47×11 years · 213,262 ha
  9. 9Pak XengLuang Prabang45×11 years · 199,474 ha
  10. 10PhookoodXiangkhouang45×10 years · 183,233 ha
  11. 11BengOudomxay44×9 years · 126,763 ha
  12. 12NambakLuang Prabang43×10 years · 97,651 ha
  13. 13Pha OudomBokeo42×10 years · 123,255 ha
  14. 14PhiangXaignabouli41×9 years · 264,410 ha
  15. 15Park OuLuang Prabang41×11 years · 166,979 ha
  16. 16PhoukhouneLuang Prabang41×11 years · 119,589 ha
  17. 17ParklaiXaignabouli38×8 years · 148,001 ha
  18. 18HuameuangHouaphan37×9 years · 165,197 ha
  19. 19NongSavannakhet36×11 years · 168,076 ha
  20. 20Ta OiSalavan35×10 years · 127,604 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1PhiangXaignabouli264,410 ha41× · 94 %
  2. 2XayOudomxay262,587 ha71× · 1.2×
  3. 3PhonxayLuang Prabang245,831 ha67× · 94 %
  4. 4HoonOudomxay220,370 ha82× · 1.0×
  5. 5NamorOudomxay213,262 ha47× · 1.2×
  6. 6NgaOudomxay211,405 ha68× · 1.1×
  7. 7Pak XengLuang Prabang199,474 ha45× · 1.2×
  8. 8PhookoodXiangkhouang183,233 ha45× · 73 %
  9. 9NongSavannakhet168,076 ha36× · 91 %
  10. 10Park OuLuang Prabang166,979 ha41× · 1.9×
  11. 11HuameuangHouaphan165,197 ha37× · 68 %
  12. 12ParklaiXaignabouli148,001 ha38× · 66 %
  13. 13KhamXiangkhouang140,408 ha49× · 67 %
  14. 14Ta OiSalavan127,604 ha35× · 51 %
  15. 15XayaburyXaignabouli127,093 ha52× · 56 %
  16. 16BengOudomxay126,763 ha44× · 76 %
  17. 17Pha OudomBokeo123,255 ha42× · 72 %
  18. 18PhoukhouneLuang Prabang119,589 ha41× · 72 %
  19. 19PakbengOudomxay115,734 ha54× · 91 %
  20. 20XanakharmVientiane114,312 ha16× · 60 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Park OuLuang Prabang1.9×166,979 ha · 887 km²
  2. 2XayOudomxay1.2×262,587 ha · 2,137 km²
  3. 3NamorOudomxay1.2×213,262 ha · 1,747 km²
  4. 4Pak XengLuang Prabang1.2×199,474 ha · 1,662 km²
  5. 5NgaOudomxay1.1×211,405 ha · 1,969 km²
  6. 6HoonOudomxay1.0×220,370 ha · 2,102 km²
  7. 7PhonxayLuang Prabang94 %245,831 ha · 2,603 km²
  8. 8PhiangXaignabouli94 %264,410 ha · 2,817 km²
  9. 9NongSavannakhet91 %168,076 ha · 1,844 km²
  10. 10PakbengOudomxay91 %115,734 ha · 1,275 km²
  11. 11XaybuathongKhammouane85 %79,266 ha · 927 km²
  12. 12NgeunXaignabouli80 %59,102 ha · 736 km²
  13. 13ChomphetLuang Prabang80 %106,582 ha · 1,337 km²
  14. 14BengOudomxay76 %126,763 ha · 1,670 km²
  15. 15PhookoodXiangkhouang73 %183,233 ha · 2,500 km²
  16. 16Pha OudomBokeo72 %123,255 ha · 1,711 km²
  17. 17PhoukhouneLuang Prabang72 %119,589 ha · 1,672 km²
  18. 18MadVientiane71 %110,955 ha · 1,567 km²
  19. 19HuameuangHouaphan68 %165,197 ha · 2,430 km²
  20. 20XienghoneXaignabouli67 %79,194 ha · 1,183 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 2,000 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.