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Departments that have burned most often in Mauritania

Departments of Mauritania with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 18. With two or more: 15. Top of the list is Basseknou, which has burned 52 times in 10 years, with 111,119 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1BasseknouHodh ech Chargui52×10 years · 111,119 ha
  2. 2KankossaAssaba44×8 years · 128,475 ha
  3. 3GhabouGuidimaka44×9 years · 103,546 ha
  4. 4MaghamaGorgol21×6 years · 38,914 ha
  5. 5SélibabiGuidimaka11×5 years · 12,417 ha
  6. 6TintaneHodh el Gharbi8×4 years · 12,087 ha
  7. 7AmourjHodh ech Chargui8×7 years · 9,302 ha
  8. 8KoubenniHodh el Gharbi7×3 years · 18,815 ha
  9. 9KaédiGorgol7×2 years · 9,863 ha
  10. 10Ould YengéGuidimaka5×2 years · 22,848 ha
  11. 11TimbedghaHodh ech Chargui5×4 years · 4,616 ha
  12. 12Moughataa d'EnneamaHodh ech Chargui3×3 years · 2,002 ha
  13. 13Keur MacèneTrarza2×2 years · 2,987 ha
  14. 14DjigueniHodh ech Chargui2×2 years · 2,596 ha
  15. 15KiffaAssaba2×2 years · 1,842 ha
  16. 16N'beiket LehouachHodh ech Chargui1×1 year · 2,873 ha
  17. 17BoutilimittTrarza1×1 year · 1,568 ha
  18. 18AlegBrakna1×1 year · 1,036 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1KankossaAssaba128,475 ha44× · 12 %
  2. 2BasseknouHodh ech Chargui111,119 ha52× · 9.0 %
  3. 3GhabouGuidimaka103,546 ha44× · 31 %
  4. 4MaghamaGorgol38,914 ha21× · 17 %
  5. 5Ould YengéGuidimaka22,848 ha5× · 6.4 %
  6. 6KoubenniHodh el Gharbi18,815 ha7× · 2.2 %
  7. 7SélibabiGuidimaka12,417 ha11× · 3.2 %
  8. 8TintaneHodh el Gharbi12,087 ha8× · 1.2 %
  9. 9KaédiGorgol9,863 ha7× · 2.4 %
  10. 10AmourjHodh ech Chargui9,302 ha8× · 1.0 %
  11. 11TimbedghaHodh ech Chargui4,616 ha5× · 0.4 %
  12. 12Keur MacèneTrarza2,987 ha2× · 1.0 %
  13. 13N'beiket LehouachHodh ech Chargui2,873 ha1× · 0.1 %
  14. 14DjigueniHodh ech Chargui2,596 ha2× · 0.5 %
  15. 15Moughataa d'EnneamaHodh ech Chargui2,002 ha3× · 0.2 %
  16. 16KiffaAssaba1,842 ha2× · 0.2 %
  17. 17BoutilimittTrarza1,568 ha1× · 0.0 %
  18. 18AlegBrakna1,036 ha1× · 0.1 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1GhabouGuidimaka31 %103,546 ha · 3,362 km²
  2. 2MaghamaGorgol17 %38,914 ha · 2,307 km²
  3. 3KankossaAssaba12 %128,475 ha · 10,279 km²
  4. 4BasseknouHodh ech Chargui9.0 %111,119 ha · 12,333 km²
  5. 5Ould YengéGuidimaka6.4 %22,848 ha · 3,586 km²
  6. 6SélibabiGuidimaka3.2 %12,417 ha · 3,886 km²
  7. 7KaédiGorgol2.4 %9,863 ha · 4,162 km²
  8. 8KoubenniHodh el Gharbi2.2 %18,815 ha · 8,685 km²
  9. 9TintaneHodh el Gharbi1.2 %12,087 ha · 10,073 km²
  10. 10AmourjHodh ech Chargui1.0 %9,302 ha · 9,141 km²
  11. 11Keur MacèneTrarza1.0 %2,987 ha · 2,944 km²
  12. 12DjigueniHodh ech Chargui0.5 %2,596 ha · 5,561 km²
  13. 13TimbedghaHodh ech Chargui0.4 %4,616 ha · 11,414 km²
  14. 14Moughataa d'EnneamaHodh ech Chargui0.2 %2,002 ha · 9,456 km²
  15. 15KiffaAssaba0.2 %1,842 ha · 12,215 km²
  16. 16N'beiket LehouachHodh ech Chargui0.1 %2,873 ha · 28,013 km²
  17. 17AlegBrakna0.1 %1,036 ha · 15,779 km²
  18. 18BoutilimittTrarza0.0 %1,568 ha · 33,102 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.