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Districts that have burned most often in Mozambique

Districts of Mozambique with at least one fire larger than 3,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 119. With two or more: 109. Top of the list is Mecula, which has burned 225 times in 11 years, with 1,292,627 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MeculaNiassa225×11 years · 1,292,627 ha
  2. 2GiléZambézia141×11 years · 1,065,272 ha
  3. 3PebaneZambézia139×11 years · 877,358 ha
  4. 4MocubaZambézia133×11 years · 1,342,910 ha
  5. 5LugelaZambézia120×11 years · 1,488,656 ha
  6. 6BárueManica105×11 years · 551,622 ha
  7. 7MavagoNiassa103×11 years · 532,519 ha
  8. 8SangaNiassa87×10 years · 501,464 ha
  9. 9Alto MolocueZambézia82×11 years · 496,857 ha
  10. 10RibauéNampula81×11 years · 445,213 ha
  11. 11MarrupaNiassa75×10 years · 286,132 ha
  12. 12GorongosaSofala74×11 years · 507,294 ha
  13. 13DerreZambézia73×11 years · 581,597 ha
  14. 14MuanzaSofala71×11 years · 684,158 ha
  15. 15MocubelaZambézia68×11 years · 363,260 ha
  16. 16MurrupulaNampula66×10 years · 291,744 ha
  17. 17MorrumbalaZambézia65×11 years · 509,135 ha
  18. 18MajuneNiassa64×10 years · 367,937 ha
  19. 19MilangeZambézia63×11 years · 624,104 ha
  20. 20NamarróiZambézia62×11 years · 696,945 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1LugelaZambézia1,488,656 ha120× · 2.4×
  2. 2MocubaZambézia1,342,910 ha133× · 1.5×
  3. 3MeculaNiassa1,292,627 ha225× · 71 %
  4. 4GiléZambézia1,065,272 ha141× · 1.2×
  5. 5PebaneZambézia877,358 ha139× · 86 %
  6. 6NamarróiZambézia696,945 ha62× · 2.3×
  7. 7MuanzaSofala684,158 ha71× · 91 %
  8. 8MilangeZambézia624,104 ha63× · 1.1×
  9. 9DerreZambézia581,597 ha73× · 1.2×
  10. 10BárueManica551,622 ha105× · 95 %
  11. 11MavagoNiassa532,519 ha103× · 58 %
  12. 12MorrumbalaZambézia509,135 ha65× · 63 %
  13. 13GorongosaSofala507,294 ha74× · 74 %
  14. 14SangaNiassa501,464 ha87× · 40 %
  15. 15Alto MolocueZambézia496,857 ha82× · 78 %
  16. 16RibauéNampula445,213 ha81× · 71 %
  17. 17MajuneNiassa367,937 ha64× · 32 %
  18. 18MocubelaZambézia363,260 ha68× · 76 %
  19. 19CheringomaSofala326,562 ha59× · 46 %
  20. 20LalauaNampula294,362 ha55× · 65 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1LugelaZambézia2.4×1,488,656 ha · 6,162 km²
  2. 2NamarróiZambézia2.3×696,945 ha · 3,079 km²
  3. 3MocubaZambézia1.5×1,342,910 ha · 8,821 km²
  4. 4DerreZambézia1.2×581,597 ha · 4,775 km²
  5. 5GiléZambézia1.2×1,065,272 ha · 9,031 km²
  6. 6LiúpoNampula1.2×248,219 ha · 2,133 km²
  7. 7MilangeZambézia1.1×624,104 ha · 5,538 km²
  8. 8BárueManica95 %551,622 ha · 5,808 km²
  9. 9MurrupulaNampula94 %291,744 ha · 3,111 km²
  10. 10MuanzaSofala91 %684,158 ha · 7,549 km²
  11. 11PebaneZambézia86 %877,358 ha · 10,159 km²
  12. 12LardeNampula81 %150,081 ha · 1,855 km²
  13. 13Alto MolocueZambézia78 %496,857 ha · 6,374 km²
  14. 14MocubelaZambézia76 %363,260 ha · 4,787 km²
  15. 15GorongosaSofala74 %507,294 ha · 6,813 km²
  16. 16MeculaNiassa71 %1,292,627 ha · 18,125 km²
  17. 17RibauéNampula71 %445,213 ha · 6,284 km²
  18. 18LalauaNampula65 %294,362 ha · 4,557 km²
  19. 19MorrumbalaZambézia63 %509,135 ha · 8,083 km²
  20. 20Maganja Da CostaZambézia62 %178,575 ha · 2,888 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 3,000 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.