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Districts that have burned most often in Malaysia

Districts of Malaysia with at least one fire larger than 500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 66. With two or more: 43. Top of the list is Pekan, which has burned 77 times in 11 years, with 77,001 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1PekanPahang77×11 years · 77,001 ha
  2. 2BeaufortSabah46×5 years · 33,753 ha
  3. 3MiriSarawak24×8 years · 20,846 ha
  4. 4Kuala PenyuSabah24×5 years · 13,603 ha
  5. 5RompinPahang22×8 years · 19,786 ha
  6. 6KeningauSabah16×3 years · 13,972 ha
  7. 7Kota TinggiJohor15×5 years · 11,663 ha
  8. 8KuantanPahang13×5 years · 9,684 ha
  9. 9PitasSabah12×4 years · 9,458 ha
  10. 10SibuSarawak9×3 years · 8,084 ha
  11. 11BeluranSabah8×2 years · 6,008 ha
  12. 12Telang UsanSarawak8×5 years · 5,947 ha
  13. 13MukahSarawak7×3 years · 7,028 ha
  14. 14PaparSabah7×3 years · 4,536 ha
  15. 15Kudat7×5 years · 4,186 ha
  16. 16Kota BeludSabah7×4 years · 4,109 ha
  17. 17SetiuTerengganu7×3 years · 3,936 ha
  18. 18BelagaSarawak7×3 years · 3,197 ha
  19. 19Kuala LangatSelangor6×5 years · 7,256 ha
  20. 20MatuSarawak6×4 years · 3,589 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1PekanPahang77,001 ha77× · 21 %
  2. 2BeaufortSabah33,753 ha46× · 19 %
  3. 3MiriSarawak20,846 ha24× · 3.9 %
  4. 4RompinPahang19,786 ha22× · 3.8 %
  5. 5KeningauSabah13,972 ha16× · 3.8 %
  6. 6Kuala PenyuSabah13,603 ha24× · 34 %
  7. 7Kota TinggiJohor11,663 ha15× · 3.3 %
  8. 8KuantanPahang9,684 ha13× · 3.2 %
  9. 9PitasSabah9,458 ha12× · 6.2 %
  10. 10SibuSarawak8,084 ha9× · 3.7 %
  11. 11Kuala LangatSelangor7,256 ha6× · 8.5 %
  12. 12MukahSarawak7,028 ha7× · 2.9 %
  13. 13TongodSabah6,851 ha5× · 0.7 %
  14. 14BeluranSabah6,008 ha8× · 1.1 %
  15. 15Telang UsanSarawak5,947 ha8× · 0.6 %
  16. 16TatauSarawak5,291 ha5× · 1.0 %
  17. 17PaparSabah4,536 ha7× · 3.5 %
  18. 18Kudat4,186 ha7× · 3.2 %
  19. 19Kota BeludSabah4,109 ha7× · 3.1 %
  20. 20SetiuTerengganu3,936 ha7× · 2.9 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Kuala PenyuSabah34 %13,603 ha · 395 km²
  2. 2PekanPahang21 %77,001 ha · 3,744 km²
  3. 3BeaufortSabah19 %33,753 ha · 1,816 km²
  4. 4BachokKelantan13 %3,729 ha · 279 km²
  5. 5Kuala LangatSelangor8.5 %7,256 ha · 857 km²
  6. 6PitasSabah6.2 %9,458 ha · 1,523 km²
  7. 7Kuala NerusTerengganu4.2 %1,715 ha · 407 km²
  8. 8MiriSarawak3.9 %20,846 ha · 5,317 km²
  9. 9KeningauSabah3.8 %13,972 ha · 3,679 km²
  10. 10RompinPahang3.8 %19,786 ha · 5,248 km²
  11. 11SibuSarawak3.7 %8,084 ha · 2,176 km²
  12. 12PaparSabah3.5 %4,536 ha · 1,303 km²
  13. 13Kota TinggiJohor3.3 %11,663 ha · 3,508 km²
  14. 14Kudat3.2 %4,186 ha · 1,291 km²
  15. 15KuantanPahang3.2 %9,684 ha · 3,073 km²
  16. 16Kota BeludSabah3.1 %4,109 ha · 1,335 km²
  17. 17SetiuTerengganu2.9 %3,936 ha · 1,346 km²
  18. 18MukahSarawak2.9 %7,028 ha · 2,446 km²
  19. 19SamarahanSarawak2.6 %1,076 ha · 414 km²
  20. 20MatuSarawak2.2 %3,589 ha · 1,597 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 500 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.