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Constituencies that have burned most often in Namibia

Constituencies of Namibia with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 60. With two or more: 49. Top of the list is Mashare, which has burned 191 times in 11 years, with 1,005,492 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MashareKavango East191×11 years · 1,005,492 ha
  2. 2TsumkweOtjozondjupa157×11 years · 814,886 ha
  3. 3NdiyonaKavango East148×10 years · 923,647 ha
  4. 4KapakoKavango West79×11 years · 347,430 ha
  5. 5MukweKavango East61×11 years · 191,645 ha
  6. 6OmuthiyagwiipundiOshikoto60×5 years · 538,292 ha
  7. 7KongolaZambezi56×11 years · 197,581 ha
  8. 8MpunguKavango West54×8 years · 214,737 ha
  9. 9Rundu Rural WestKavango East51×11 years · 239,227 ha
  10. 10KahengeKavango West47×10 years · 159,957 ha
  11. 11GuinasOshikoto39×6 years · 158,088 ha
  12. 12LinyantiZambezi39×9 years · 132,396 ha
  13. 13OtaviOtjozondjupa38×8 years · 181,081 ha
  14. 14Windhoek RuralKhomas35×7 years · 124,243 ha
  15. 15OkahaoOmusati34×5 years · 268,809 ha
  16. 16OutjoKunene34×6 years · 232,343 ha
  17. 17KamanjabKunene33×4 years · 133,581 ha
  18. 18OmatakoOtjozondjupa21×5 years · 67,902 ha
  19. 19OtjombindeOmaheke19×7 years · 110,018 ha
  20. 20OtjiwarongoOtjozondjupa19×3 years · 64,127 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MashareKavango East1,005,492 ha191× · 1.1×
  2. 2NdiyonaKavango East923,647 ha148× · 1.1×
  3. 3TsumkweOtjozondjupa814,886 ha157× · 29 %
  4. 4OmuthiyagwiipundiOshikoto538,292 ha60× · 40 %
  5. 5KapakoKavango West347,430 ha79× · 56 %
  6. 6OkahaoOmusati268,809 ha34× · 27 %
  7. 7Rundu Rural WestKavango East239,227 ha51× · 1.1×
  8. 8OutjoKunene232,343 ha34× · 31 %
  9. 9MpunguKavango West214,737 ha54× · 26 %
  10. 10KongolaZambezi197,581 ha56× · 39 %
  11. 11MukweKavango East191,645 ha61× · 35 %
  12. 12OtaviOtjozondjupa181,081 ha38× · 13 %
  13. 13KahengeKavango West159,957 ha47× · 18 %
  14. 14GuinasOshikoto158,088 ha39× · 15 %
  15. 15KamanjabKunene133,581 ha33× · 7.8 %
  16. 16LinyantiZambezi132,396 ha39× · 35 %
  17. 17Windhoek RuralKhomas124,243 ha35× · 3.4 %
  18. 18UuvudhiyaOshana116,813 ha13× · 20 %
  19. 19OtjombindeOmaheke110,018 ha19× · 5.8 %
  20. 20OtamanziOmusati108,696 ha9× · 26 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1NdiyonaKavango East1.1×923,647 ha · 8,096 km²
  2. 2Rundu Rural WestKavango East1.1×239,227 ha · 2,097 km²
  3. 3MashareKavango East1.1×1,005,492 ha · 9,171 km²
  4. 4TsumebOshikoto61 %16,786 ha · 273 km²
  5. 5KapakoKavango West56 %347,430 ha · 6,212 km²
  6. 6OmuthiyagwiipundiOshikoto40 %538,292 ha · 13,469 km²
  7. 7KongolaZambezi39 %197,581 ha · 5,063 km²
  8. 8LinyantiZambezi35 %132,396 ha · 3,753 km²
  9. 9MukweKavango East35 %191,645 ha · 5,537 km²
  10. 10OutjoKunene31 %232,343 ha · 7,503 km²
  11. 11TsumkweOtjozondjupa29 %814,886 ha · 28,592 km²
  12. 12SibbindaZambezi27 %45,572 ha · 1,684 km²
  13. 13OkahaoOmusati27 %268,809 ha · 9,956 km²
  14. 14MpunguKavango West26 %214,737 ha · 8,260 km²
  15. 15OtamanziOmusati26 %108,696 ha · 4,205 km²
  16. 16Rundu Rural EastKavango East25 %14,803 ha · 593 km²
  17. 17UuvudhiyaOshana20 %116,813 ha · 5,854 km²
  18. 18KahengeKavango West18 %159,957 ha · 8,747 km²
  19. 19GuinasOshikoto15 %158,088 ha · 10,279 km²
  20. 20OtaviOtjozondjupa13 %181,081 ha · 14,318 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.