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Local government areas that have burned most often in Nigeria

Local government areas of Nigeria with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 245. With two or more: 193. Top of the list is Mariga, which has burned 103 times in 9 years, with 489,056 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MarigaNiger103×9 years · 489,056 ha
  2. 2MaruZamfara102×11 years · 350,346 ha
  3. 3Birnin GwariKaduna85×11 years · 245,201 ha
  4. 4RafiNiger67×10 years · 257,433 ha
  5. 5MafaBorno61×11 years · 184,612 ha
  6. 6DamboaBorno60×9 years · 136,263 ha
  7. 7MarteBorno55×11 years · 144,657 ha
  8. 8KondugaBorno54×8 years · 126,099 ha
  9. 9ShiroroNiger50×11 years · 195,047 ha
  10. 10KukawaBorno48×10 years · 234,313 ha
  11. 11Kala BalgeBorno48×11 years · 153,075 ha
  12. 12GwozaBorno47×8 years · 110,929 ha
  13. 13BaliTaraba45×9 years · 167,865 ha
  14. 14NgalaBorno44×10 years · 101,147 ha
  15. 15MasheguNiger42×10 years · 200,229 ha
  16. 16Wasagu-DankoKebbi41×9 years · 64,256 ha
  17. 17AnkaZamfara39×11 years · 103,489 ha
  18. 18MongunoBorno38×10 years · 84,164 ha
  19. 19KurmiTaraba37×10 years · 106,823 ha
  20. 20BukkuyumZamfara37×9 years · 87,661 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MarigaNiger489,056 ha103× · 77 %
  2. 2MaruZamfara350,346 ha102× · 47 %
  3. 3RafiNiger257,433 ha67× · 67 %
  4. 4Birnin GwariKaduna245,201 ha85× · 39 %
  5. 5KukawaBorno234,313 ha48× · 48 %
  6. 6MasheguNiger200,229 ha42× · 23 %
  7. 7ShiroroNiger195,047 ha50× · 42 %
  8. 8MafaBorno184,612 ha61× · 54 %
  9. 9AbadamBorno175,566 ha28× · 44 %
  10. 10BaliTaraba167,865 ha45× · 17 %
  11. 11Kala BalgeBorno153,075 ha48× · 48 %
  12. 12BorguNiger147,427 ha35× · 14 %
  13. 13MarteBorno144,657 ha55× · 69 %
  14. 14DamboaBorno136,263 ha60× · 28 %
  15. 15KondugaBorno126,099 ha54× · 24 %
  16. 16UhunmwondeEdo113,429 ha33× · 54 %
  17. 17IdanreOndo112,458 ha19× · 58 %
  18. 18GwozaBorno110,929 ha47× · 31 %
  19. 19KurmiTaraba106,823 ha37× · 24 %
  20. 20WasePlateau105,610 ha22× · 22 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1IguegbenEdo79 %29,623 ha · 377 km²
  2. 2MarigaNiger77 %489,056 ha · 6,320 km²
  3. 3Gwer WestBenue69 %85,786 ha · 1,244 km²
  4. 4MarteBorno69 %144,657 ha · 2,111 km²
  5. 5RafiNiger67 %257,433 ha · 3,863 km²
  6. 6Esan WestEdo66 %33,872 ha · 514 km²
  7. 7OgojaCross River58 %53,512 ha · 923 km²
  8. 8IdanreOndo58 %112,458 ha · 1,954 km²
  9. 9KontagoraNiger55 %101,410 ha · 1,831 km²
  10. 10UhunmwondeEdo54 %113,429 ha · 2,094 km²
  11. 11MafaBorno54 %184,612 ha · 3,412 km²
  12. 12NgalaBorno50 %101,147 ha · 2,013 km²
  13. 13KukawaBorno48 %234,313 ha · 4,868 km²
  14. 14Kala BalgeBorno48 %153,075 ha · 3,181 km²
  15. 15MaruZamfara47 %350,346 ha · 7,464 km²
  16. 16AbadamBorno44 %175,566 ha · 4,014 km²
  17. 17AgatuBenue43 %45,749 ha · 1,072 km²
  18. 18ShiroroNiger42 %195,047 ha · 4,669 km²
  19. 19AnkaZamfara40 %103,489 ha · 2,597 km²
  20. 20Birnin GwariKaduna39 %245,201 ha · 6,297 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.