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Provinces that have burned most often in Peru

Provinces of Peru with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 122. With two or more: 83. Top of the list is Tahuamanu, which has burned 55 times in 11 years, with 129,226 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1TahuamanuMadre de Dios55×11 years · 129,226 ha
  2. 2Coronel PortilloUcayali48×8 years · 96,502 ha
  3. 3Puerto IncaHuánuco29×10 years · 36,839 ha
  4. 4AbancayApurímac19×7 years · 27,337 ha
  5. 5UcayaliLoreto17×6 years · 22,023 ha
  6. 6SatipoJunín15×8 years · 24,994 ha
  7. 7Padre AbadUcayali15×9 years · 17,170 ha
  8. 8TambopataMadre de Dios12×7 years · 14,950 ha
  9. 9La ConvencionCusco11×6 years · 9,934 ha
  10. 10ParuroCusco10×5 years · 10,605 ha
  11. 11PunoPuno9×2 years · 15,089 ha
  12. 12CanchisCusco9×5 years · 14,885 ha
  13. 13CotabambasApurímac9×3 years · 12,333 ha
  14. 14CutervoCajamarca9×3 years · 9,397 ha
  15. 15ChotaCajamarca8×2 years · 17,564 ha
  16. 16ChumbivilcasCusco8×3 years · 7,156 ha
  17. 17AntaCusco8×6 years · 6,480 ha
  18. 18FerreñafeLambayeque7×3 years · 10,221 ha
  19. 19CalcaCusco7×6 years · 10,142 ha
  20. 20QuispicanchiCusco7×5 years · 10,005 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1TahuamanuMadre de Dios129,226 ha55× · 6.4 %
  2. 2Coronel PortilloUcayali96,502 ha48× · 2.5 %
  3. 3Puerto IncaHuánuco36,839 ha29× · 3.5 %
  4. 4AbancayApurímac27,337 ha19× · 7.9 %
  5. 5SatipoJunín24,994 ha15× · 1.3 %
  6. 6UcayaliLoreto22,023 ha17× · 0.7 %
  7. 7ChotaCajamarca17,564 ha8× · 4.6 %
  8. 8Padre AbadUcayali17,170 ha15× · 1.8 %
  9. 9LoretoLoreto15,969 ha5× · 0.2 %
  10. 10PunoPuno15,089 ha9× · 2.3 %
  11. 11TambopataMadre de Dios14,950 ha12× · 0.4 %
  12. 12CanchisCusco14,885 ha9× · 3.7 %
  13. 13CotabambasApurímac12,333 ha9× · 4.7 %
  14. 14LampaPuno11,870 ha6× · 2.1 %
  15. 15ParuroCusco10,605 ha10× · 5.4 %
  16. 16FerreñafeLambayeque10,221 ha7× · 6.5 %
  17. 17CalcaCusco10,142 ha7× · 2.9 %
  18. 18QuispicanchiCusco10,005 ha7× · 1.4 %
  19. 19La ConvencionCusco9,934 ha11× · 0.3 %
  20. 20HuancabambaPiura9,632 ha6× · 2.2 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1AbancayApurímac7.9 %27,337 ha · 3,477 km²
  2. 2FerreñafeLambayeque6.5 %10,221 ha · 1,585 km²
  3. 3TahuamanuMadre de Dios6.4 %129,226 ha · 20,057 km²
  4. 4ParuroCusco5.4 %10,605 ha · 1,978 km²
  5. 5CuscoCusco5.0 %2,646 ha · 532 km²
  6. 6CotabambasApurímac4.7 %12,333 ha · 2,635 km²
  7. 7ChotaCajamarca4.6 %17,564 ha · 3,784 km²
  8. 8BolívarLa Libertad4.5 %7,830 ha · 1,745 km²
  9. 9CanchisCusco3.7 %14,885 ha · 3,972 km²
  10. 10Gran ChimuLa Libertad3.6 %4,728 ha · 1,297 km²
  11. 11UrubambaCusco3.5 %5,134 ha · 1,454 km²
  12. 12Puerto IncaHuánuco3.5 %36,839 ha · 10,442 km²
  13. 13AntaCusco3.3 %6,480 ha · 1,952 km²
  14. 14PaitaPiura3.2 %5,465 ha · 1,704 km²
  15. 15CutervoCajamarca3.1 %9,397 ha · 3,045 km²
  16. 16Contralmirante VillarTumbes3.0 %6,456 ha · 2,141 km²
  17. 17AcomayoCusco3.0 %2,793 ha · 936 km²
  18. 18ChincherosApurímac2.9 %4,475 ha · 1,518 km²
  19. 19CalcaCusco2.9 %10,142 ha · 3,554 km²
  20. 20CorongoÁncash2.6 %2,634 ha · 1,022 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,000 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.