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Districts that have burned most often in Mongolia

Districts of Mongolia with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 36. With two or more: 18. Top of the list is Xalx gol, which has burned 32 times in 7 years, with 529,466 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Xalx golDornod32×7 years · 529,466 ha
  2. 2ErdenecagaanSükhbaatar21×6 years · 134,164 ha
  3. 3ChoibalsanDornod15×6 years · 69,645 ha
  4. 4MatadDornod12×8 years · 36,373 ha
  5. 5Yero'oSelenge11×3 years · 45,987 ha
  6. 6ErdeneTöv8×1 year · 27,485 ha
  7. 7MandalSelenge6×1 year · 18,839 ha
  8. 8BayandunDornod4×3 years · 11,008 ha
  9. 9Bayan-UulDornod3×2 years · 26,271 ha
  10. 10ChuluunxorootDornod3×2 years · 16,092 ha
  11. 11Su'xbaatarSükhbaatar3×2 years · 7,678 ha
  12. 12O'mnodelgerKhentii3×1 year · 5,358 ha
  13. 13DarigangaSükhbaatar3×2 years · 5,060 ha
  14. 14NorovlinKhentii2×2 years · 12,493 ha
  15. 15AltanbulagSelenge2×2 years · 9,587 ha
  16. 16Batsu'mberTöv2×1 year · 8,722 ha
  17. 17BulganDornod2×2 years · 6,604 ha
  18. 18Do'rgonKhovd2×2 years · 4,090 ha
  19. 19BatshireetKhentii1×1 year · 26,939 ha
  20. 20Tu'shigSelenge1×1 year · 9,416 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Xalx golDornod529,466 ha32× · 19 %
  2. 2ErdenecagaanSükhbaatar134,164 ha21× · 7.9 %
  3. 3ChoibalsanDornod69,645 ha15× · 6.9 %
  4. 4Yero'oSelenge45,987 ha11× · 5.5 %
  5. 5MatadDornod36,373 ha12× · 1.6 %
  6. 6ErdeneTöv27,485 ha8× · 3.4 %
  7. 7BatshireetKhentii26,939 ha1× · 3.8 %
  8. 8Bayan-UulDornod26,271 ha3× · 4.7 %
  9. 9MandalSelenge18,839 ha6× · 3.9 %
  10. 10ChuluunxorootDornod16,092 ha3× · 2.5 %
  11. 11NorovlinKhentii12,493 ha2× · 2.3 %
  12. 12BayandunDornod11,008 ha4× · 1.8 %
  13. 13AltanbulagSelenge9,587 ha2× · 3.9 %
  14. 14Tu'shigSelenge9,416 ha1× · 3.7 %
  15. 15Batsu'mberTöv8,722 ha2× · 3.6 %
  16. 16Su'xbaatarSükhbaatar7,678 ha3× · 0.6 %
  17. 17BinderKhentii6,866 ha1× · 1.3 %
  18. 18CagaannuurSelenge6,606 ha1× · 1.7 %
  19. 19BulganDornod6,604 ha2× · 0.9 %
  20. 20O'mnodelgerKhentii5,358 ha3× · 0.5 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Xalx golDornod19 %529,466 ha · 27,994 km²
  2. 2ErdenecagaanSükhbaatar7.9 %134,164 ha · 16,940 km²
  3. 3ChoibalsanDornod6.9 %69,645 ha · 10,119 km²
  4. 4Yero'oSelenge5.5 %45,987 ha · 8,297 km²
  5. 5Bayan-UulDornod4.7 %26,271 ha · 5,623 km²
  6. 6AltanbulagSelenge3.9 %9,587 ha · 2,428 km²
  7. 7MandalSelenge3.9 %18,839 ha · 4,835 km²
  8. 8BatshireetKhentii3.8 %26,939 ha · 7,014 km²
  9. 9Tu'shigSelenge3.7 %9,416 ha · 2,564 km²
  10. 10Batsu'mberTöv3.6 %8,722 ha · 2,421 km²
  11. 11ErdeneTöv3.4 %27,485 ha · 8,127 km²
  12. 12ChuluunxorootDornod2.5 %16,092 ha · 6,397 km²
  13. 13NorovlinKhentii2.3 %12,493 ha · 5,471 km²
  14. 14BayandunDornod1.8 %11,008 ha · 6,286 km²
  15. 15CagaannuurSelenge1.7 %6,606 ha · 3,796 km²
  16. 16MatadDornod1.6 %36,373 ha · 22,834 km²
  17. 17CenxermandalKhentii1.4 %4,407 ha · 3,177 km²
  18. 18BinderKhentii1.3 %6,866 ha · 5,422 km²
  19. 19Xu'derSelenge1.3 %3,360 ha · 2,673 km²
  20. 20DarigangaSükhbaatar1.1 %5,060 ha · 4,808 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.