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Governorates that have burned most often in Palestinian Territories

Governorates of Palestinian Territories with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 7. With two or more: 4. Top of the list is Ramallah & Al Bireh, which has burned 5 times in 3 years, with 1,684 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Ramallah & Al BirehWest Bank5×3 years · 1,684 ha
  2. 2TubasWest Bank4×3 years · 890 ha
  3. 3TulkarmWest Bank2×2 years · 505 ha
  4. 4NablusWest Bank2×2 years · 294 ha
  5. 5QalqiliyaWest Bank1×1 year · 123 ha
  6. 6BethlehemWest Bank1×1 year · 101 ha
  7. 7SalfitWest Bank1×1 year · 93 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Ramallah & Al BirehWest Bank1,684 ha5× · 2.0 %
  2. 2TubasWest Bank890 ha4× · 2.2 %
  3. 3TulkarmWest Bank505 ha2× · 2.0 %
  4. 4NablusWest Bank294 ha2× · 0.5 %
  5. 5QalqiliyaWest Bank123 ha1× · 0.7 %
  6. 6BethlehemWest Bank101 ha1× · 0.2 %
  7. 7SalfitWest Bank93 ha1× · 0.5 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1TubasWest Bank2.2 %890 ha · 410 km²
  2. 2TulkarmWest Bank2.0 %505 ha · 247 km²
  3. 3Ramallah & Al BirehWest Bank2.0 %1,684 ha · 840 km²
  4. 4QalqiliyaWest Bank0.7 %123 ha · 166 km²
  5. 5NablusWest Bank0.5 %294 ha · 600 km²
  6. 6SalfitWest Bank0.5 %93 ha · 205 km²
  7. 7BethlehemWest Bank0.2 %101 ha · 658 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.