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Districts that have burned most often in Papua New Guinea

Districts of Papua New Guinea with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 45. With two or more: 27. Top of the list is South Fly District, which has burned 94 times in 4 years, with 794,444 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1South Fly DistrictWestern Province94×4 years · 794,444 ha
  2. 2Middle Fly DistrictWestern Province34×1 year · 262,338 ha
  3. 3Angoram DistrictEast Sepik Province17×4 years · 82,200 ha
  4. 4Talasea DistrictWest New Britain Province13×2 years · 59,879 ha
  5. 5Kandrian/Gloucester DistrictWest New Britain Province12×1 year · 103,692 ha
  6. 6Namatanai DistrictNew Ireland Province9×2 years · 57,631 ha
  7. 7Bogia DistrictMadang Province7×3 years · 47,045 ha
  8. 8Goilala DistrictCentral Province6×1 year · 15,970 ha
  9. 9Telefomin DistrictWest Sepik (Sandaun) Province6×1 year · 15,830 ha
  10. 10Kavieng DistrictNew Ireland Province5×1 year · 33,142 ha
  11. 11Ijivitari DistrictNorthern (Oro) Province5×1 year · 23,217 ha
  12. 12Pomio DistrictEast New Britain Province5×3 years · 6,807 ha
  13. 13Sohe DistrictNorthern (Oro) Province5×1 year · 5,102 ha
  14. 14Gazelle DistrictEast New Britain Province4×1 year · 21,215 ha
  15. 15Kandep DistrictEnga Province3×1 year · 9,720 ha
  16. 16Bulolo DistrictMorobe Province3×1 year · 7,732 ha
  17. 17Mt Hagen DistrictWestern Highlands Province3×1 year · 4,227 ha
  18. 18Imbonggu DistrictSouthern Highlands Province3×1 year · 3,204 ha
  19. 19North Fly DistrictWestern Province3×1 year · 1,902 ha
  20. 20Usino Bundi DistrictMadang Province2×2 years · 9,538 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1South Fly DistrictWestern Province794,444 ha94× · 25 %
  2. 2Middle Fly DistrictWestern Province262,338 ha34× · 5.1 %
  3. 3Kandrian/Gloucester DistrictWest New Britain Province103,692 ha12× · 7.8 %
  4. 4Angoram DistrictEast Sepik Province82,200 ha17× · 4.1 %
  5. 5Talasea DistrictWest New Britain Province59,879 ha13× · 8.3 %
  6. 6Namatanai DistrictNew Ireland Province57,631 ha9× · 8.7 %
  7. 7Bogia DistrictMadang Province47,045 ha7× · 13 %
  8. 8Kavieng DistrictNew Ireland Province33,142 ha5× · 11 %
  9. 9Ijivitari DistrictNorthern (Oro) Province23,217 ha5× · 1.8 %
  10. 10Gazelle DistrictEast New Britain Province21,215 ha4× · 6.3 %
  11. 11Goilala DistrictCentral Province15,970 ha6× · 2.0 %
  12. 12Telefomin DistrictWest Sepik (Sandaun) Province15,830 ha6× · 1.1 %
  13. 13Alotau DistrictMilne Bay Province10,324 ha1× · 1.3 %
  14. 14Kandep DistrictEnga Province9,720 ha3× · 4.8 %
  15. 15Usino Bundi DistrictMadang Province9,538 ha2× · 1.3 %
  16. 16Bulolo DistrictMorobe Province7,732 ha3× · 0.9 %
  17. 17Middle Ramu DistrictMadang Province7,626 ha2× · 1.0 %
  18. 18Pomio DistrictEast New Britain Province6,807 ha5× · 0.6 %
  19. 19Mendi/Munihu DistrictSouthern Highlands Province6,022 ha2× · 5.3 %
  20. 20Markham DistrictMorobe Province5,314 ha2× · 1.2 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1South Fly DistrictWestern Province25 %794,444 ha · 31,749 km²
  2. 2Mt Hagen DistrictWestern Highlands Province13 %4,227 ha · 314 km²
  3. 3Bogia DistrictMadang Province13 %47,045 ha · 3,746 km²
  4. 4Kavieng DistrictNew Ireland Province11 %33,142 ha · 3,002 km²
  5. 5Namatanai DistrictNew Ireland Province8.7 %57,631 ha · 6,634 km²
  6. 6Talasea DistrictWest New Britain Province8.3 %59,879 ha · 7,222 km²
  7. 7Kandrian/Gloucester DistrictWest New Britain Province7.8 %103,692 ha · 13,279 km²
  8. 8Gazelle DistrictEast New Britain Province6.3 %21,215 ha · 3,389 km²
  9. 9Mendi/Munihu DistrictSouthern Highlands Province5.3 %6,022 ha · 1,139 km²
  10. 10Middle Fly DistrictWestern Province5.1 %262,338 ha · 51,925 km²
  11. 11Kokopo DistrictEast New Britain Province4.9 %1,986 ha · 405 km²
  12. 12Kandep DistrictEnga Province4.8 %9,720 ha · 2,031 km²
  13. 13Dei DistrictWestern Highlands Province4.4 %3,384 ha · 769 km²
  14. 14Angoram DistrictEast Sepik Province4.1 %82,200 ha · 19,985 km²
  15. 15Tari/Pori DistrictHela Province2.5 %2,712 ha · 1,067 km²
  16. 16Imbonggu DistrictSouthern Highlands Province2.5 %3,204 ha · 1,284 km²
  17. 17Goilala DistrictCentral Province2.0 %15,970 ha · 7,880 km²
  18. 18Kiriwina-Goodenough DistrictMilne Bay Province1.9 %2,028 ha · 1,092 km²
  19. 19Ijivitari DistrictNorthern (Oro) Province1.8 %23,217 ha · 12,879 km²
  20. 20Yangoru Saussia DistrictEast Sepik Province1.7 %4,528 ha · 2,604 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.