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Districts that have burned most often in Senegal

Districts of Senegal with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 55. With two or more: 47. Top of the list is Missira, which has burned 159 times in 11 years, with 624,159 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MissiraTambacounda159×11 years · 624,159 ha
  2. 2BandafassiKédougou117×11 years · 659,528 ha
  3. 3NdornaKolda58×11 years · 148,603 ha
  4. 4Dianké MakanTambacounda58×11 years · 97,189 ha
  5. 5KoulorTambacounda53×10 years · 134,813 ha
  6. 6MampatimKolda45×10 years · 101,632 ha
  7. 7Sinthiou Banambe/Wouro SidyMatam44×8 years · 138,285 ha
  8. 8BoncontoKolda39×10 years · 124,349 ha
  9. 9VélingaraMatam38×9 years · 107,114 ha
  10. 10FafacourouKolda38×11 years · 98,735 ha
  11. 11DiarouméSédhiou38×10 years · 66,383 ha
  12. 12NianingKolda38×11 years · 52,005 ha
  13. 13SindianZiguinchor31×11 years · 84,776 ha
  14. 14Bouinguel BambaTambacounda31×9 years · 73,117 ha
  15. 15KiniébaTambacounda31×10 years · 68,524 ha
  16. 16DiendéSédhiou30×10 years · 73,803 ha
  17. 17BogalSédhiou30×10 years · 73,061 ha
  18. 18OrkadiereMatam23×11 years · 73,929 ha
  19. 19BalaTambacounda23×10 years · 57,693 ha
  20. 20Sare Coly SalléKolda21×10 years · 33,799 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1BandafassiKédougou659,528 ha117× · 1.1×
  2. 2MissiraTambacounda624,159 ha159× · 73 %
  3. 3NdornaKolda148,603 ha58× · 69 %
  4. 4Sinthiou Banambe/Wouro SidyMatam138,285 ha44× · 22 %
  5. 5KoulorTambacounda134,813 ha53× · 20 %
  6. 6BoncontoKolda124,349 ha39× · 43 %
  7. 7VélingaraMatam107,114 ha38× · 7.4 %
  8. 8MampatimKolda101,632 ha45× · 41 %
  9. 9FafacourouKolda98,735 ha38× · 1.1×
  10. 10Dianké MakanTambacounda97,189 ha58× · 32 %
  11. 11SindianZiguinchor84,776 ha31× · 57 %
  12. 12BonaSédhiou75,434 ha15× · 93 %
  13. 13OrkadiereMatam73,929 ha23× · 29 %
  14. 14DiendéSédhiou73,803 ha30× · 53 %
  15. 15Bouinguel BambaTambacounda73,117 ha31× · 24 %
  16. 16BogalSédhiou73,061 ha30× · 58 %
  17. 17KiniébaTambacounda68,524 ha31× · 20 %
  18. 18DiarouméSédhiou66,383 ha38× · 83 %
  19. 19BalaTambacounda57,693 ha23× · 20 %
  20. 20NianingKolda52,005 ha38× · 31 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1BandafassiKédougou1.1×659,528 ha · 5,796 km²
  2. 2FafacourouKolda1.1×98,735 ha · 898 km²
  3. 3BonaSédhiou93 %75,434 ha · 813 km²
  4. 4DiarouméSédhiou83 %66,383 ha · 800 km²
  5. 5MissiraTambacounda73 %624,159 ha · 8,505 km²
  6. 6NdornaKolda69 %148,603 ha · 2,154 km²
  7. 7BogalSédhiou58 %73,061 ha · 1,268 km²
  8. 8SindianZiguinchor57 %84,776 ha · 1,479 km²
  9. 9DiendéSédhiou53 %73,803 ha · 1,395 km²
  10. 10KarantabaSédhiou51 %24,110 ha · 468 km²
  11. 11BoncontoKolda43 %124,349 ha · 2,873 km²
  12. 12MampatimKolda41 %101,632 ha · 2,465 km²
  13. 13PakourKolda34 %41,627 ha · 1,212 km²
  14. 14Dianké MakanTambacounda32 %97,189 ha · 3,059 km²
  15. 15NianingKolda31 %52,005 ha · 1,683 km²
  16. 16Saré BidjiKolda30 %17,263 ha · 579 km²
  17. 17OrkadiereMatam29 %73,929 ha · 2,577 km²
  18. 18Sare Coly SalléKolda24 %33,799 ha · 1,394 km²
  19. 19Bouinguel BambaTambacounda24 %73,117 ha · 3,042 km²
  20. 20Sinthiou Banambe/Wouro SidyMatam22 %138,285 ha · 6,164 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.