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Chiefdoms that have burned most often in Sierra Leone

Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 141. With two or more: 130. Top of the list is Nieni, which has burned 204 times in 11 years, with 320,249 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1NieniNorthern204×11 years · 320,249 ha
  2. 2TambakhaNorthern125×11 years · 178,963 ha
  3. 3KunikeNorthern93×11 years · 116,007 ha
  4. 4SandorEastern82×11 years · 94,080 ha
  5. 5SengbeNorthern77×10 years · 87,502 ha
  6. 6MongoNorthern72×11 years · 81,165 ha
  7. 7BiriwaNorthern67×11 years · 71,237 ha
  8. 8Kafe SimiriaNorthern66×11 years · 64,031 ha
  9. 9NeyaNorthern63×11 years · 62,898 ha
  10. 10KasunkoNorthern62×11 years · 79,385 ha
  11. 11Tonko LimbaNorthern55×11 years · 61,290 ha
  12. 12SambayaNorthern52×11 years · 84,920 ha
  13. 13Wara Wara BafodNorthern50×10 years · 53,203 ha
  14. 14ValuniaSouthern47×10 years · 62,503 ha
  15. 15YoniNorthern47×9 years · 51,192 ha
  16. 16Gorama MendeEastern45×9 years · 49,331 ha
  17. 17Safroko LimbaNorthern44×11 years · 45,317 ha
  18. 18DiangNorthern41×11 years · 45,638 ha
  19. 19FakunyaSouthern40×10 years · 48,653 ha
  20. 20BagruwaSouthern37×9 years · 48,647 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1NieniNorthern320,249 ha204× · 1.4×
  2. 2TambakhaNorthern178,963 ha125× · 72 %
  3. 3KunikeNorthern116,007 ha93× · 1.4×
  4. 4SandorEastern94,080 ha82× · 63 %
  5. 5SengbeNorthern87,502 ha77× · 73 %
  6. 6SambayaNorthern84,920 ha52× · 1.2×
  7. 7MongoNorthern81,165 ha72× · 48 %
  8. 8KasunkoNorthern79,385 ha62× · 83 %
  9. 9BiriwaNorthern71,237 ha67× · 80 %
  10. 10Kafe SimiriaNorthern64,031 ha66× · 1.1×
  11. 11NeyaNorthern62,898 ha63× · 44 %
  12. 12ValuniaSouthern62,503 ha47× · 75 %
  13. 13Tonko LimbaNorthern61,290 ha55× · 69 %
  14. 14Wara Wara BafodNorthern53,203 ha50× · 56 %
  15. 15YoniNorthern51,192 ha47× · 42 %
  16. 16KoyaSouthern50,829 ha36× · 34 %
  17. 17Gorama MendeEastern49,331 ha45× · 74 %
  18. 18FakunyaSouthern48,653 ha40× · 95 %
  19. 19BagruwaSouthern48,647 ha37× · 58 %
  20. 20DiangNorthern45,638 ha41× · 43 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Paki MasabongNorthern1.5×39,853 ha · 266 km²
  2. 2KunikeNorthern1.4×116,007 ha · 804 km²
  3. 3NieniNorthern1.4×320,249 ha · 2,282 km²
  4. 4SelengaSouthern1.2×12,150 ha · 97 km²
  5. 5SambayaNorthern1.2×84,920 ha · 693 km²
  6. 6Safroko LimbaNorthern1.1×45,317 ha · 402 km²
  7. 7Niawa LengaSouthern1.1×26,931 ha · 242 km²
  8. 8Kafe SimiriaNorthern1.1×64,031 ha · 579 km²
  9. 9Kwamebai KrimSouthern1.1×31,569 ha · 288 km²
  10. 10WandorEastern98 %31,571 ha · 321 km²
  11. 11FakunyaSouthern95 %48,653 ha · 510 km²
  12. 12PenguiaEastern92 %19,463 ha · 211 km²
  13. 13KasunkoNorthern83 %79,385 ha · 952 km²
  14. 14BiriwaNorthern80 %71,237 ha · 894 km²
  15. 15BadjiaSouthern79 %15,284 ha · 194 km²
  16. 16ValuniaSouthern75 %62,503 ha · 829 km²
  17. 17Gorama MendeEastern74 %49,331 ha · 663 km²
  18. 18SengbeNorthern73 %87,502 ha · 1,192 km²
  19. 19NimiyamaEastern73 %26,308 ha · 359 km²
  20. 20TambakhaNorthern72 %178,963 ha · 2,475 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.