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Localities that have burned most often in Sudan

Localities of Sudan with at least one fire larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 99. With two or more: 84. Top of the list is Al Radoum, which has burned 213 times in 11 years, with 825,310 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Al RadoumSouth Darfur213×11 years · 825,310 ha
  2. 2Abu JubayhahSouth Kordofan151×11 years · 513,365 ha
  3. 3Bahr Al ArabEast Darfur134×10 years · 504,390 ha
  4. 4Ad DinderSennar134×11 years · 463,056 ha
  5. 5Al LeriSouth Kordofan110×11 years · 453,362 ha
  6. 6Abyei PCA areaAbyei PCA92×10 years · 426,414 ha
  7. 7KeilakWest Kordofan80×10 years · 254,436 ha
  8. 8GhadeerSouth Kordofan71×11 years · 265,997 ha
  9. 9Um DafougSouth Darfur66×10 years · 185,057 ha
  10. 10TalawdiSouth Kordofan52×9 years · 133,043 ha
  11. 11Al KurmukBlue Nile48×9 years · 135,795 ha
  12. 12MelitNorth Darfur44×7 years · 163,830 ha
  13. 13Al DibabWest Kordofan37×9 years · 154,526 ha
  14. 14BawBlue Nile33×8 years · 113,593 ha
  15. 15DillingSouth Kordofan32×10 years · 70,994 ha
  16. 16DelamiSouth Kordofan30×11 years · 69,091 ha
  17. 17Habila - SKSouth Kordofan27×6 years · 62,790 ha
  18. 18Um KadadahNorth Darfur26×7 years · 58,416 ha
  19. 19HeibanSouth Kordofan25×8 years · 42,977 ha
  20. 20Um BaruNorth Darfur23×4 years · 75,641 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Al RadoumSouth Darfur825,310 ha213× · 32 %
  2. 2Abu JubayhahSouth Kordofan513,365 ha151× · 24 %
  3. 3Bahr Al ArabEast Darfur504,390 ha134× · 25 %
  4. 4Ad DinderSennar463,056 ha134× · 33 %
  5. 5Al LeriSouth Kordofan453,362 ha110× · 61 %
  6. 6Abyei PCA areaAbyei PCA426,414 ha92× · 40 %
  7. 7GhadeerSouth Kordofan265,997 ha71× · 40 %
  8. 8KeilakWest Kordofan254,436 ha80× · 29 %
  9. 9Um DafougSouth Darfur185,057 ha66× · 35 %
  10. 10MelitNorth Darfur163,830 ha44× · 10 %
  11. 11Al DibabWest Kordofan154,526 ha37× · 17 %
  12. 12Al KurmukBlue Nile135,795 ha48× · 14 %
  13. 13TalawdiSouth Kordofan133,043 ha52× · 36 %
  14. 14BawBlue Nile113,593 ha33× · 16 %
  15. 15Um BaruNorth Darfur75,641 ha23× · 4.6 %
  16. 16DillingSouth Kordofan70,994 ha32× · 19 %
  17. 17DelamiSouth Kordofan69,091 ha30× · 17 %
  18. 18Habila - SKSouth Kordofan62,790 ha27× · 10 %
  19. 19Um KadadahNorth Darfur58,416 ha26× · 4.4 %
  20. 20BuramSouth Darfur54,183 ha21× · 15 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Al LeriSouth Kordofan61 %453,362 ha · 7,466 km²
  2. 2Abyei PCA areaAbyei PCA40 %426,414 ha · 10,604 km²
  3. 3GhadeerSouth Kordofan40 %265,997 ha · 6,695 km²
  4. 4TalawdiSouth Kordofan36 %133,043 ha · 3,667 km²
  5. 5Um DafougSouth Darfur35 %185,057 ha · 5,218 km²
  6. 6Ad DinderSennar33 %463,056 ha · 14,224 km²
  7. 7Al RadoumSouth Darfur32 %825,310 ha · 25,689 km²
  8. 8KeilakWest Kordofan29 %254,436 ha · 8,881 km²
  9. 9Bahr Al ArabEast Darfur25 %504,390 ha · 20,586 km²
  10. 10Abu JubayhahSouth Kordofan24 %513,365 ha · 21,116 km²
  11. 11DillingSouth Kordofan19 %70,994 ha · 3,726 km²
  12. 12Al DibabWest Kordofan17 %154,526 ha · 9,132 km²
  13. 13DelamiSouth Kordofan17 %69,091 ha · 4,120 km²
  14. 14BawBlue Nile16 %113,593 ha · 7,292 km²
  15. 15BuramSouth Darfur15 %54,183 ha · 3,604 km²
  16. 16Wasat Jabal MarrahCentral Darfur15 %6,534 ha · 450 km²
  17. 17Al KurmukBlue Nile14 %135,795 ha · 9,797 km²
  18. 18Ar Reif Ash ShargiSouth Kordofan13 %27,999 ha · 2,160 km²
  19. 19HeibanSouth Kordofan13 %42,977 ha · 3,423 km²
  20. 20Ar RusayrisBlue Nile12 %48,996 ha · 4,049 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.