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Constituencies that have burned most often in Lesotho

Constituencies of Lesotho with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 10. With two or more: 2. Top of the list is Tsoelikana, which has burned 4 times in 3 years, with 3,933 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1TsoelikanaQacha's Nek4×3 years · 3,933 ha
  2. 2NqoeButha-Buthe2×1 year · 1,340 ha
  3. 3MenkhoanengLeribe1×1 year · 1,670 ha
  4. 4TenesoloThaba-Tseka1×1 year · 1,176 ha
  5. 5QhoasingMohale's Hoek1×1 year · 1,121 ha
  6. 6LehlakanengMafeteng1×1 year · 134 ha
  7. 7MatsokuLeribe1×1 year · 19 ha
  8. 8LinakengThaba-Tseka1×1 year · 9 ha
  9. 9MakeoanaBerea1×1 year · 8 ha
  10. 10KubakeMaseru1×1 year · 4 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1TsoelikanaQacha's Nek3,933 ha4× · 5.2 %
  2. 2MenkhoanengLeribe1,670 ha1× · 5.4 %
  3. 3NqoeButha-Buthe1,340 ha2× · 1.2 %
  4. 4TenesoloThaba-Tseka1,176 ha1× · 1.1 %
  5. 5QhoasingMohale's Hoek1,121 ha1× · 1.1 %
  6. 6LehlakanengMafeteng134 ha1× · 0.3 %
  7. 7MatsokuLeribe19 ha1× · 0.0 %
  8. 8LinakengThaba-Tseka9 ha1× · 0.0 %
  9. 9MakeoanaBerea8 ha1× · 0.0 %
  10. 10KubakeMaseru4 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1MenkhoanengLeribe5.4 %1,670 ha · 309 km²
  2. 2TsoelikanaQacha's Nek5.2 %3,933 ha · 756 km²
  3. 3NqoeButha-Buthe1.2 %1,340 ha · 1,119 km²
  4. 4TenesoloThaba-Tseka1.1 %1,176 ha · 1,034 km²
  5. 5QhoasingMohale's Hoek1.1 %1,121 ha · 1,048 km²
  6. 6LehlakanengMafeteng0.3 %134 ha · 418 km²
  7. 7MatsokuLeribe0.0 %19 ha · 1,013 km²
  8. 8MakeoanaBerea0.0 %8 ha · 591 km²
  9. 9KubakeMaseru0.0 %4 ha · 539 km²
  10. 10LinakengThaba-Tseka0.0 %9 ha · 1,330 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.