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Districts that have burned most often in Paraguay

Districts of Paraguay with at least one fire larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 134. With two or more: 99. Top of the list is Villa Hayes, which has burned 296 times in 11 years, with 922,414 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Villa HayesPRESIDENTE HAYES296×11 years · 922,414 ha
  2. 2Mariscal EstigarribiaBoquerón253×11 years · 637,765 ha
  3. 3Benjamín AcevalPRESIDENTE HAYES203×11 years · 734,412 ha
  4. 4Fuerte OlimpoALTO PARAGUAY172×11 years · 451,428 ha
  5. 5Bahía NegraALTO PARAGUAY164×11 years · 797,042 ha
  6. 6Puerto PinascoPRESIDENTE HAYES148×10 years · 527,901 ha
  7. 7Puerto CasadoALTO PARAGUAY111×10 years · 293,915 ha
  8. 8General Jose Maria BruguezPRESIDENTE HAYES88×11 years · 363,045 ha
  9. 9ConcepcionConcepción63×10 years · 182,916 ha
  10. 10Tte. Esteban MartinezPRESIDENTE HAYES58×10 years · 190,946 ha
  11. 11FiladelfiaBoquerón58×11 years · 101,249 ha
  12. 12CaapucuParaguarí57×11 years · 103,137 ha
  13. 13Pedro Juan CaballeroAMAMBAY56×7 years · 186,803 ha
  14. 14San CarlosConcepción54×9 years · 130,209 ha
  15. 15Bella VistaConcepción45×5 years · 213,392 ha
  16. 16Carmelo PeraltaALTO PARAGUAY41×11 years · 78,809 ha
  17. 17Villa OlivaÑeembucú34×7 years · 162,612 ha
  18. 18Capitán BadoAMAMBAY33×7 years · 84,641 ha
  19. 19Yvy Ya´UConcepción32×8 years · 76,872 ha
  20. 20José FalcónPRESIDENTE HAYES30×9 years · 113,848 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Villa HayesPRESIDENTE HAYES922,414 ha296× · 52 %
  2. 2Bahía NegraALTO PARAGUAY797,042 ha164× · 22 %
  3. 3Benjamín AcevalPRESIDENTE HAYES734,412 ha203× · 67 %
  4. 4Mariscal EstigarribiaBoquerón637,765 ha253× · 8.8 %
  5. 5Puerto PinascoPRESIDENTE HAYES527,901 ha148× · 35 %
  6. 6Fuerte OlimpoALTO PARAGUAY451,428 ha172× · 23 %
  7. 7General Jose Maria BruguezPRESIDENTE HAYES363,045 ha88× · 55 %
  8. 8Puerto CasadoALTO PARAGUAY293,915 ha111× · 17 %
  9. 9Bella VistaConcepción213,392 ha45× · 54 %
  10. 10Tte. Esteban MartinezPRESIDENTE HAYES190,946 ha58× · 24 %
  11. 11Pedro Juan CaballeroAMAMBAY186,803 ha56× · 39 %
  12. 12ConcepcionConcepción182,916 ha63× · 26 %
  13. 13Villa OlivaÑeembucú162,612 ha34× · 1.0×
  14. 14San CarlosConcepción130,209 ha54× · 67 %
  15. 15Sgto. Jose Felix LopezConcepción117,972 ha25× · 52 %
  16. 16José FalcónPRESIDENTE HAYES113,848 ha30× · 62 %
  17. 17CaapucuParaguarí103,137 ha57× · 41 %
  18. 18FiladelfiaBoquerón101,249 ha58× · 7.1 %
  19. 19Capitán BadoAMAMBAY84,641 ha33× · 23 %
  20. 20Carmelo PeraltaALTO PARAGUAY78,809 ha41× · 15 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Villa OlivaÑeembucú1.0×162,612 ha · 1,593 km²
  2. 2Nueva ItaliaCENTRAL93 %34,451 ha · 371 km²
  3. 3San CarlosConcepción67 %130,209 ha · 1,938 km²
  4. 4Benjamín AcevalPRESIDENTE HAYES67 %734,412 ha · 11,040 km²
  5. 5José FalcónPRESIDENTE HAYES62 %113,848 ha · 1,847 km²
  6. 6General Jose Maria BruguezPRESIDENTE HAYES55 %363,045 ha · 6,575 km²
  7. 7Bella VistaConcepción54 %213,392 ha · 3,959 km²
  8. 8Villa HayesPRESIDENTE HAYES52 %922,414 ha · 17,728 km²
  9. 9Sgto. Jose Felix LopezConcepción52 %117,972 ha · 2,270 km²
  10. 10VilletaCENTRAL49 %43,064 ha · 873 km²
  11. 11Alto VeraItapúa45 %39,976 ha · 890 km²
  12. 12CaapucuParaguarí41 %103,137 ha · 2,496 km²
  13. 13QuiindyParaguarí40 %26,519 ha · 663 km²
  14. 14Pedro Juan CaballeroAMAMBAY39 %186,803 ha · 4,743 km²
  15. 15San LazaroConcepción39 %46,201 ha · 1,194 km²
  16. 16Yvy Ya´UConcepción35 %76,872 ha · 2,205 km²
  17. 17Puerto PinascoPRESIDENTE HAYES35 %527,901 ha · 15,216 km²
  18. 18Fulgencio YegrosCaazapá29 %27,843 ha · 946 km²
  19. 19AyolasMISIONES27 %23,302 ha · 855 km²
  20. 20CaraguatayCORDILLERA27 %11,317 ha · 422 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,500 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.