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Communes that have burned most often in Niger

Communes of Niger with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 55. With two or more: 43. Top of the list is Tamou, which has burned 116 times in 11 years, with 186,739 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1TamouTillabéri116×11 years · 186,739 ha
  2. 2TilliaTahoua78×7 years · 184,335 ha
  3. 3TeskerZinder57×10 years · 114,645 ha
  4. 4BanibangouTillabéri42×10 years · 57,746 ha
  5. 5BossoDiffa24×8 years · 49,665 ha
  6. 6TondikiwindiTillabéri24×8 years · 28,653 ha
  7. 7KelléZinder21×7 years · 27,488 ha
  8. 8AderbissinatAgadez19×6 years · 37,660 ha
  9. 9GueskérouDiffa19×6 years · 20,093 ha
  10. 10TenhyaZinder18×5 years · 28,846 ha
  11. 11KokorouTillabéri16×3 years · 31,898 ha
  12. 12TarkaZinder16×6 years · 23,200 ha
  13. 13N'GuigmiDiffa13×5 years · 24,120 ha
  14. 14GoudoumariaDiffa12×4 years · 13,088 ha
  15. 15DessaTillabéri11×4 years · 22,361 ha
  16. 16GabiMaradi10×5 years · 15,592 ha
  17. 17AnzourouTillabéri10×4 years · 14,538 ha
  18. 18SanamTillabéri9×6 years · 14,844 ha
  19. 19AlakossZinder8×3 years · 23,563 ha
  20. 20KabléwaDiffa8×4 years · 15,024 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1TamouTillabéri186,739 ha116× · 38 %
  2. 2TilliaTahoua184,335 ha78× · 10 %
  3. 3TeskerZinder114,645 ha57× · 1.6 %
  4. 4BanibangouTillabéri57,746 ha42× · 8.9 %
  5. 5BossoDiffa49,665 ha24× · 29 %
  6. 6AderbissinatAgadez37,660 ha19× · 0.7 %
  7. 7KokorouTillabéri31,898 ha16× · 15 %
  8. 8TenhyaZinder28,846 ha18× · 2.6 %
  9. 9TondikiwindiTillabéri28,653 ha24× · 4.1 %
  10. 10KelléZinder27,488 ha21× · 4.0 %
  11. 11N'GuigmiDiffa24,120 ha13× · 7.7 %
  12. 12AlakossZinder23,563 ha8× · 7.4 %
  13. 13TarkaZinder23,200 ha16× · 2.5 %
  14. 14DessaTillabéri22,361 ha11× · 44 %
  15. 15GueskérouDiffa20,093 ha19× · 7.9 %
  16. 16GabiMaradi15,592 ha10× · 20 %
  17. 17KabléwaDiffa15,024 ha8× · 2.2 %
  18. 18SanamTillabéri14,844 ha9× · 2.7 %
  19. 19AnzourouTillabéri14,538 ha10× · 8.6 %
  20. 20BankilaréTillabéri13,724 ha6× · 9.6 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1DessaTillabéri44 %22,361 ha · 511 km²
  2. 2TamouTillabéri38 %186,739 ha · 4,924 km²
  3. 3ToumourDiffa36 %2,516 ha · 70 km²
  4. 4BossoDiffa29 %49,665 ha · 1,723 km²
  5. 5GabiMaradi20 %15,592 ha · 787 km²
  6. 6MéhanaTillabéri16 %6,563 ha · 414 km²
  7. 7KokorouTillabéri15 %31,898 ha · 2,190 km²
  8. 8TilliaTahoua10 %184,335 ha · 17,704 km²
  9. 9BankilaréTillabéri9.6 %13,724 ha · 1,435 km²
  10. 10BanibangouTillabéri8.9 %57,746 ha · 6,485 km²
  11. 11AnzourouTillabéri8.6 %14,538 ha · 1,697 km²
  12. 12GueskérouDiffa7.9 %20,093 ha · 2,550 km²
  13. 13N'GuigmiDiffa7.7 %24,120 ha · 3,149 km²
  14. 14SakoïraTillabéri7.5 %5,321 ha · 708 km²
  15. 15AlakossZinder7.4 %23,563 ha · 3,173 km²
  16. 16TibiriMaradi5.2 %4,731 ha · 905 km²
  17. 17InatèsTillabéri4.9 %8,761 ha · 1,787 km²
  18. 18SafoMaradi4.4 %3,357 ha · 755 km²
  19. 19TondikiwindiTillabéri4.1 %28,653 ha · 7,036 km²
  20. 20KelléZinder4.0 %27,488 ha · 6,806 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.