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Districts that have burned most often in Libya

Districts of Libya with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 8. With two or more: 4. Top of the list is Al Marj, which has burned 5 times in 4 years, with 2,126 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Al Marj5×4 years · 2,126 ha
  2. 2Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba3×2 years · 725 ha
  3. 3Al Qubbah2×2 years · 483 ha
  4. 4Al Jabal al Akhdar2×2 years · 273 ha
  5. 5Al Marqab1×1 year · 315 ha
  6. 6Misratah1×1 year · 120 ha
  7. 7Mizdah1×1 year · 103 ha
  8. 8Al Jifarah1×1 year · 8 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Al Marj2,126 ha5× · 0.1 %
  2. 2Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba725 ha3× · 0.3 %
  3. 3Al Qubbah483 ha2× · 0.0 %
  4. 4Al Marqab315 ha1× · 0.0 %
  5. 5Al Jabal al Akhdar273 ha2× · 0.0 %
  6. 6Misratah120 ha1× · 0.0 %
  7. 7Mizdah103 ha1× · 0.0 %
  8. 8Al Jifarah8 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba0.3 %725 ha · 2,626 km²
  2. 2Al Marj0.1 %2,126 ha · 14,905 km²
  3. 3Al Marqab0.0 %315 ha · 8,050 km²
  4. 4Al Jabal al Akhdar0.0 %273 ha · 8,478 km²
  5. 5Al Qubbah0.0 %483 ha · 21,267 km²
  6. 6Al Jifarah0.0 %8 ha · 1,337 km²
  7. 7Misratah0.0 %120 ha · 49,896 km²
  8. 8Mizdah0.0 %103 ha · 89,087 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 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.