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Municipalities that have burned most often in North Macedonia

Municipalities of North Macedonia with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 75. With two or more: 66. Top of the list is Prilep, which has burned 37 times in 8 years, with 32,050 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1PrilepPelagonia37×8 years · 32,050 ha
  2. 2Makedonski BrodSouthwest33×10 years · 19,154 ha
  3. 3GostivarPolog28×8 years · 7,263 ha
  4. 4DolneniPelagonia22×8 years · 7,464 ha
  5. 5ChashkaVardar20×6 years · 9,010 ha
  6. 6NovatsiPelagonia16×5 years · 17,029 ha
  7. 7VelesVardar13×7 years · 3,807 ha
  8. 8BerovoEast12×6 years · 2,861 ha
  9. 9MogilaPelagonia11×7 years · 6,382 ha
  10. 10ShtipEast11×7 years · 5,635 ha
  11. 11ProbishtipEast11×6 years · 2,995 ha
  12. 12PetrovetsSkopje10×6 years · 2,766 ha
  13. 13NegotinoVardar9×5 years · 19,754 ha
  14. 14SarajSkopje9×4 years · 3,882 ha
  15. 15Staro NagorichaneNortheast9×5 years · 3,657 ha
  16. 16BogdantsiSoutheast9×6 years · 2,885 ha
  17. 17ResenPelagonia9×6 years · 1,293 ha
  18. 18KumanovoNortheast8×6 years · 4,949 ha
  19. 19GradskoVardar7×4 years · 2,343 ha
  20. 20KavadartsiVardar7×4 years · 2,197 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1PrilepPelagonia32,050 ha37× · 27 %
  2. 2NegotinoVardar19,754 ha9× · 41 %
  3. 3Makedonski BrodSouthwest19,154 ha33× · 21 %
  4. 4NovatsiPelagonia17,029 ha16× · 23 %
  5. 5Sveti NikoleVardar11,248 ha4× · 23 %
  6. 6ChashkaVardar9,010 ha20× · 11 %
  7. 7DolneniPelagonia7,464 ha22× · 18 %
  8. 8GostivarPolog7,263 ha28× · 14 %
  9. 9MogilaPelagonia6,382 ha11× · 25 %
  10. 10ShtipEast5,635 ha11× · 9.7 %
  11. 11DrugovoSouthwest5,221 ha6× · 14 %
  12. 12KumanovoNortheast4,949 ha8× · 9.7 %
  13. 13VasilevoSoutheast4,207 ha4× · 18 %
  14. 14SarajSkopje3,882 ha9× · 17 %
  15. 15VelesVardar3,807 ha13× · 8.9 %
  16. 16JegunovtsePolog3,757 ha5× · 21 %
  17. 17Staro NagorichaneNortheast3,657 ha9× · 8.5 %
  18. 18Cheshinovo - ObleshevoEast3,110 ha6× · 23 %
  19. 19PehchevoEast3,032 ha2× · 15 %
  20. 20RosomanVardar3,011 ha4× · 23 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1NegotinoVardar41 %19,754 ha · 482 km²
  2. 2PrilepPelagonia27 %32,050 ha · 1,200 km²
  3. 3BogdantsiSoutheast25 %2,885 ha · 114 km²
  4. 4MogilaPelagonia25 %6,382 ha · 256 km²
  5. 5Cheshinovo - ObleshevoEast23 %3,110 ha · 132 km²
  6. 6Sveti NikoleVardar23 %11,248 ha · 483 km²
  7. 7RosomanVardar23 %3,011 ha · 133 km²
  8. 8NovatsiPelagonia23 %17,029 ha · 754 km²
  9. 9Makedonski BrodSouthwest21 %19,154 ha · 891 km²
  10. 10JegunovtsePolog21 %3,757 ha · 177 km²
  11. 11VasilevoSoutheast18 %4,207 ha · 230 km²
  12. 12DolneniPelagonia18 %7,464 ha · 412 km²
  13. 13BrvenitsaPolog18 %2,961 ha · 165 km²
  14. 14SarajSkopje17 %3,882 ha · 230 km²
  15. 15DojranSoutheast15 %1,980 ha · 129 km²
  16. 16Gjorche PetrovSkopje15 %1,014 ha · 67 km²
  17. 17PehchevoEast15 %3,032 ha · 208 km²
  18. 18GostivarPolog14 %7,263 ha · 515 km²
  19. 19PetrovetsSkopje14 %2,766 ha · 203 km²
  20. 20DrugovoSouthwest14 %5,221 ha · 384 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 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.