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Municipalities that have burned most often in Nepal

Municipalities of Nepal with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 122. With two or more: 75. Top of the list is Chure, which has burned 15 times in 4 years, with 27,118 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1ChureSudurpaschim15×4 years · 27,118 ha
  2. 2Rapti SonariLumbini14×8 years · 162,599 ha
  3. 3Bardiya National ParkLumbini14×7 years · 64,124 ha
  4. 4Chitwan National ParkProvince 213×11 years · 66,916 ha
  5. 5BabaiLumbini12×7 years · 17,596 ha
  6. 6KalimatiKarnali12×6 years · 14,796 ha
  7. 7SimtaKarnali11×5 years · 16,181 ha
  8. 8MohanyalSudurpaschim11×3 years · 15,969 ha
  9. 9GodawariSudurpaschim10×4 years · 23,133 ha
  10. 10PanchpuriKarnali10×8 years · 15,158 ha
  11. 11ChaukuneKarnali10×6 years · 11,495 ha
  12. 12Bangad KupindeKarnali9×5 years · 23,746 ha
  13. 13DangisharanLumbini9×6 years · 7,531 ha
  14. 14Jitpur SimaraProvince 28×7 years · 5,611 ha
  15. 15BarahtalKarnali8×3 years · 3,778 ha
  16. 16ParsagadhiProvince 28×7 years · 1,506 ha
  17. 17KohalpurLumbini7×6 years · 13,405 ha
  18. 18AlitalSudurpaschim7×3 years · 8,183 ha
  19. 19JorayalSudurpaschim6×3 years · 28,255 ha
  20. 20BagmatiBagmati6×2 years · 9,527 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Rapti SonariLumbini162,599 ha14× · 1.6×
  2. 2Chitwan National ParkProvince 266,916 ha13× · 1.1×
  3. 3Bardiya National ParkLumbini64,124 ha14× · 71 %
  4. 4JorayalSudurpaschim28,255 ha6× · 67 %
  5. 5ChureSudurpaschim27,118 ha15× · 55 %
  6. 6Bangad KupindeKarnali23,746 ha9× · 70 %
  7. 7GodawariSudurpaschim23,133 ha10× · 75 %
  8. 8BabaiLumbini17,596 ha12× · 87 %
  9. 9SimtaKarnali16,181 ha11× · 67 %
  10. 10MohanyalSudurpaschim15,969 ha11× · 25 %
  11. 11PanchpuriKarnali15,158 ha10× · 46 %
  12. 12KalimatiKarnali14,796 ha12× · 29 %
  13. 13SitgangaLumbini14,155 ha5× · 23 %
  14. 14KohalpurLumbini13,405 ha7× · 73 %
  15. 15ChaukuneKarnali11,495 ha10× · 30 %
  16. 16BagmatiBagmati9,527 ha6× · 30 %
  17. 17SarumaraniLumbini9,097 ha5× · 57 %
  18. 18BanglachuliLumbini8,337 ha6× · 34 %
  19. 19GaidakotGandaki8,268 ha3× · 51 %
  20. 20AlitalSudurpaschim8,183 ha7× · 28 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Rapti SonariLumbini1.6×162,599 ha · 1,045 km²
  2. 2Chitwan National ParkProvince 21.1×66,916 ha · 624 km²
  3. 3BabaiLumbini87 %17,596 ha · 202 km²
  4. 4GodawariSudurpaschim75 %23,133 ha · 309 km²
  5. 5KohalpurLumbini73 %13,405 ha · 184 km²
  6. 6Bardiya National ParkLumbini71 %64,124 ha · 899 km²
  7. 7Bangad KupindeKarnali70 %23,746 ha · 340 km²
  8. 8DangisharanLumbini68 %7,531 ha · 111 km²
  9. 9JorayalSudurpaschim67 %28,255 ha · 420 km²
  10. 10SimtaKarnali67 %16,181 ha · 242 km²
  11. 11SarumaraniLumbini57 %9,097 ha · 159 km²
  12. 12ChureSudurpaschim55 %27,118 ha · 493 km²
  13. 13GaidakotGandaki51 %8,268 ha · 161 km²
  14. 14MandaviLumbini46 %5,202 ha · 113 km²
  15. 15PanchpuriKarnali46 %15,158 ha · 331 km²
  16. 16ShiwalayaKarnali41 %5,531 ha · 135 km²
  17. 17BanglachuliLumbini34 %8,337 ha · 246 km²
  18. 18BaijanathLumbini34 %4,772 ha · 142 km²
  19. 19KumakhmalikaKarnali31 %5,552 ha · 178 km²
  20. 20BagmatiBagmati30 %9,527 ha · 313 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.