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Municipalities that have burned most often in Nicaragua

Municipalities of Nicaragua with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 63. With two or more: 43. Top of the list is Municipio Prinzapolka, which has burned 87 times in 9 years, with 211,284 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Municipio PrinzapolkaNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region87×9 years · 211,284 ha
  2. 2Municipio WaspánNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region56×8 years · 78,607 ha
  3. 3Municipio Puerto CabezasNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region37×10 years · 55,074 ha
  4. 4El Viejo (Municipio)Chinandega33×9 years · 59,409 ha
  5. 5Municipio RositaNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region12×5 years · 22,545 ha
  6. 6Somotillo (Municipio)Chinandega12×7 years · 15,105 ha
  7. 7Municipio Desembocadura de Cruz Río GrandeSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region11×5 years · 13,853 ha
  8. 8Municipio San FernandoNueva Segovia11×5 years · 12,211 ha
  9. 9Chinandega (Municipio)Chinandega10×8 years · 12,467 ha
  10. 10Villanueva (Municipio)Chinandega10×7 years · 7,507 ha
  11. 11Municipio Laguna de PerlasSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region8×5 years · 28,605 ha
  12. 12Municipio La Cruz de Río GrandeSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region8×3 years · 5,660 ha
  13. 13La Paz Centro (Municipio)León7×4 years · 11,795 ha
  14. 14Municipio San José de BocayJinotega (Departamento)6×3 years · 65,044 ha
  15. 15Municipio LarreynagaLeón6×5 years · 8,766 ha
  16. 16Municipio Wiwilí de JinotegaJinotega (Departamento)6×2 years · 8,181 ha
  17. 17Tola (Municipio)Rivas6×5 years · 4,671 ha
  18. 18Municipio DipilitoNueva Segovia5×4 years · 7,694 ha
  19. 19Municipio BluefieldsSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region5×3 years · 7,091 ha
  20. 20Mateare (Municipio)Managua5×4 years · 6,347 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Municipio PrinzapolkaNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region211,284 ha87× · 30 %
  2. 2Municipio WaspánNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region78,607 ha56× · 8.8 %
  3. 3Municipio San José de BocayJinotega (Departamento)65,044 ha6× · 17 %
  4. 4El Viejo (Municipio)Chinandega59,409 ha33× · 45 %
  5. 5Municipio Puerto CabezasNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region55,074 ha37× · 8.8 %
  6. 6Municipio Laguna de PerlasSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region28,605 ha8× · 14 %
  7. 7Municipio RositaNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region22,545 ha12× · 10 %
  8. 8Somotillo (Municipio)Chinandega15,105 ha12× · 21 %
  9. 9Municipio Desembocadura de Cruz Río GrandeSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region13,853 ha11× · 7.7 %
  10. 10Chinandega (Municipio)Chinandega12,467 ha10× · 19 %
  11. 11Municipio San FernandoNueva Segovia12,211 ha11× · 52 %
  12. 12La Paz Centro (Municipio)León11,795 ha7× · 12 %
  13. 13Municipio LarreynagaLeón8,766 ha6× · 12 %
  14. 14Municipio MacuelizoNueva Segovia8,458 ha3× · 33 %
  15. 15Somoto (Municipio)Madriz8,281 ha3× · 18 %
  16. 16Municipio Wiwilí de JinotegaJinotega (Departamento)8,181 ha6× · 3.2 %
  17. 17Municipio MonzonteNueva Segovia8,078 ha4× · 37 %
  18. 18Municipio DipilitoNueva Segovia7,694 ha5× · 73 %
  19. 19Villanueva (Municipio)Chinandega7,507 ha10× · 9.4 %
  20. 20Municipio BluefieldsSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region7,091 ha5× · 1.6 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Municipio DipilitoNueva Segovia73 %7,694 ha · 105 km²
  2. 2Municipio San FernandoNueva Segovia52 %12,211 ha · 235 km²
  3. 3El Viejo (Municipio)Chinandega45 %59,409 ha · 1,308 km²
  4. 4Municipio MonzonteNueva Segovia37 %8,078 ha · 221 km²
  5. 5Municipio MacuelizoNueva Segovia33 %8,458 ha · 260 km²
  6. 6Municipio Santa MaríaNueva Segovia32 %5,234 ha · 162 km²
  7. 7Municipio PrinzapolkaNorth Carribean Coast Autonomous Region30 %211,284 ha · 6,938 km²
  8. 8Municipio Ciudad AntiguaNueva Segovia23 %2,857 ha · 124 km²
  9. 9San Pedro del Norte (Municipio)Chinandega22 %1,583 ha · 71 km²
  10. 10Somotillo (Municipio)Chinandega21 %15,105 ha · 728 km²
  11. 11Chinandega (Municipio)Chinandega19 %12,467 ha · 666 km²
  12. 12Somoto (Municipio)Madriz18 %8,281 ha · 469 km²
  13. 13Municipio San José de BocayJinotega (Departamento)17 %65,044 ha · 3,801 km²
  14. 14La Conquista (Municipio)Carazo17 %1,490 ha · 90 km²
  15. 15Municipio Laguna de PerlasSouth Atlantic Autonomous Region14 %28,605 ha · 2,053 km²
  16. 16Mateare (Municipio)Managua13 %6,347 ha · 488 km²
  17. 17Ocotal (Municipio)Nueva Segovia13 %1,094 ha · 87 km²
  18. 18La Paz Centro (Municipio)León12 %11,795 ha · 968 km²
  19. 19Municipio LarreynagaLeón12 %8,766 ha · 748 km²
  20. 20Puerto Morazán (Municipio)Chinandega10 %5,250 ha · 513 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.