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Districts that have burned most often in Madagascar

Districts of Madagascar with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 81. With two or more: 67. Top of the list is Befandriana Nord, which has burned 52 times in 10 years, with 117,519 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Befandriana NordSofia52×10 years · 117,519 ha
  2. 2Belo Sur TsiribihinaMenabe51×11 years · 219,436 ha
  3. 3MoramangaAlaotra-Mangoro51×11 years · 137,457 ha
  4. 4AntsohihySofia42×11 years · 133,140 ha
  5. 5Port-Berge (Boriziny-Vaovao)Sofia40×11 years · 106,380 ha
  6. 6MahaboMenabe27×10 years · 64,845 ha
  7. 7Toliary-IIAtsimo-Andrefana26×11 years · 193,303 ha
  8. 8MandritsaraSofia25×9 years · 65,038 ha
  9. 9MorondavaMenabe24×10 years · 67,992 ha
  10. 10Anosibe-An'alaAlaotra-Mangoro22×11 years · 79,034 ha
  11. 11AnalalavaSofia22×8 years · 61,517 ha
  12. 12SoalalaBoeny18×6 years · 81,862 ha
  13. 13MarovoayBoeny17×9 years · 119,929 ha
  14. 14AmbilobeDiana15×9 years · 33,441 ha
  15. 15AmbanjaDiana14×6 years · 48,750 ha
  16. 16ManjaMenabe14×7 years · 36,428 ha
  17. 17SakarahaAtsimo-Andrefana12×9 years · 70,544 ha
  18. 18AmbositraAmoron'i Mania12×7 years · 29,238 ha
  19. 19MorafenobeMelaky12×5 years · 27,028 ha
  20. 20Ambato BoeniBoeny11×7 years · 19,403 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Belo Sur TsiribihinaMenabe219,436 ha51× · 27 %
  2. 2Toliary-IIAtsimo-Andrefana193,303 ha26× · 20 %
  3. 3MoramangaAlaotra-Mangoro137,457 ha51× · 19 %
  4. 4AntsohihySofia133,140 ha42× · 28 %
  5. 5MarovoayBoeny119,929 ha17× · 21 %
  6. 6Befandriana NordSofia117,519 ha52× · 13 %
  7. 7Port-Berge (Boriziny-Vaovao)Sofia106,380 ha40× · 15 %
  8. 8SoalalaBoeny81,862 ha18× · 11 %
  9. 9Anosibe-An'alaAlaotra-Mangoro79,034 ha22× · 28 %
  10. 10SakarahaAtsimo-Andrefana70,544 ha12× · 8.2 %
  11. 11MorondavaMenabe67,992 ha24× · 12 %
  12. 12MandritsaraSofia65,038 ha25× · 6.3 %
  13. 13MahaboMenabe64,845 ha27× · 4.7 %
  14. 14AnalalavaSofia61,517 ha22× · 7.0 %
  15. 15AmbanjaDiana48,750 ha14× · 8.1 %
  16. 16ManjaMenabe36,428 ha14× · 4.0 %
  17. 17AmbilobeDiana33,441 ha15× · 4.2 %
  18. 18AntsalovaMelaky29,560 ha8× · 4.3 %
  19. 19AmbositraAmoron'i Mania29,238 ha12× · 10.0 %
  20. 20Mananara-AvaratraAnalanjirofo28,984 ha10× · 6.4 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1AntsohihySofia28 %133,140 ha · 4,802 km²
  2. 2Anosibe-An'alaAlaotra-Mangoro28 %79,034 ha · 2,873 km²
  3. 3Belo Sur TsiribihinaMenabe27 %219,436 ha · 8,080 km²
  4. 4MarovoayBoeny21 %119,929 ha · 5,642 km²
  5. 5Toliary-IIAtsimo-Andrefana20 %193,303 ha · 9,659 km²
  6. 6MoramangaAlaotra-Mangoro19 %137,457 ha · 7,191 km²
  7. 7Port-Berge (Boriziny-Vaovao)Sofia15 %106,380 ha · 7,126 km²
  8. 8Befandriana NordSofia13 %117,519 ha · 8,770 km²
  9. 9MorondavaMenabe12 %67,992 ha · 5,722 km²
  10. 10SoalalaBoeny11 %81,862 ha · 7,763 km²
  11. 11AmbositraAmoron'i Mania10.0 %29,238 ha · 2,929 km²
  12. 12SakarahaAtsimo-Andrefana8.2 %70,544 ha · 8,615 km²
  13. 13AmbanjaDiana8.1 %48,750 ha · 6,038 km²
  14. 14Midongy-AtsimoAtsimo-Atsinanana7.4 %18,949 ha · 2,558 km²
  15. 15VohibatoMatsiatra Ambony7.3 %13,484 ha · 1,837 km²
  16. 16AnalalavaSofia7.0 %61,517 ha · 8,785 km²
  17. 17Mananara-AvaratraAnalanjirofo6.4 %28,984 ha · 4,513 km²
  18. 18MandritsaraSofia6.3 %65,038 ha · 10,356 km²
  19. 19Soanierana IvongoAnalanjirofo5.4 %23,598 ha · 4,390 km²
  20. 20MahaboMenabe4.7 %64,845 ha · 13,781 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.