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Districts that have burned most often in Suriname

Districts of Suriname with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 20. With two or more: 9. Top of the list is Coeroeni, which has burned 16 times in 7 years, with 20,078 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1CoeroeniSipaliwini16×7 years · 20,078 ha
  2. 2WageningenNickerie11×5 years · 18,159 ha
  3. 3Groot HenarNickerie10×4 years · 14,304 ha
  4. 4Johanna MariaCoronie10×4 years · 8,225 ha
  5. 5Oostelijke PoldersNickerie7×2 years · 5,076 ha
  6. 6GalibiMarowijne6×3 years · 8,732 ha
  7. 7Westelijke Polders3×1 year · 5,959 ha
  8. 8BakkieCommewijne2×1 year · 5,244 ha
  9. 9WayambowegSaramacca2×1 year · 2,860 ha
  10. 10WelgelegenCoronie1×1 year · 5,032 ha
  11. 11TijgerkreekSaramacca1×1 year · 1,210 ha
  12. 12PatamaccaMarowijne1×1 year · 1,185 ha
  13. 13Kampong BaroeSaramacca1×1 year · 1,167 ha
  14. 14Bigi PoikaPara1×1 year · 1,122 ha
  15. 15MoengotapoeMarowijne1×1 year · 966 ha
  16. 16AlbinaMarowijne1×1 year · 616 ha
  17. 17KwattaSaramacca1×1 year · 538 ha
  18. 18WanhattiMarowijne1×1 year · 379 ha
  19. 19CalcuttaSaramacca1×1 year · 340 ha
  20. 20TotnessCoronie1×1 year · 153 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1CoeroeniSipaliwini20,078 ha16× · 1.2 %
  2. 2WageningenNickerie18,159 ha11× · 11 %
  3. 3Groot HenarNickerie14,304 ha10× · 6.3 %
  4. 4GalibiMarowijne8,732 ha6× · 9.3 %
  5. 5Johanna MariaCoronie8,225 ha10× · 5.6 %
  6. 6Westelijke Polders5,959 ha3× · 4.9 %
  7. 7BakkieCommewijne5,244 ha2× · 12 %
  8. 8Oostelijke PoldersNickerie5,076 ha7× · 17 %
  9. 9WelgelegenCoronie5,032 ha1× · 2.3 %
  10. 10WayambowegSaramacca2,860 ha2× · 3.7 %
  11. 11TijgerkreekSaramacca1,210 ha1× · 4.5 %
  12. 12PatamaccaMarowijne1,185 ha1× · 0.9 %
  13. 13Kampong BaroeSaramacca1,167 ha1× · 1.5 %
  14. 14Bigi PoikaPara1,122 ha1× · 0.4 %
  15. 15MoengotapoeMarowijne966 ha1× · 1.9 %
  16. 16AlbinaMarowijne616 ha1× · 1.5 %
  17. 17KwattaSaramacca538 ha1× · 9.5 %
  18. 18WanhattiMarowijne379 ha1× · 0.8 %
  19. 19CalcuttaSaramacca340 ha1× · 0.2 %
  20. 20TotnessCoronie153 ha1× · 0.8 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Oostelijke PoldersNickerie17 %5,076 ha · 300 km²
  2. 2BakkieCommewijne12 %5,244 ha · 437 km²
  3. 3WageningenNickerie11 %18,159 ha · 1,684 km²
  4. 4KwattaSaramacca9.5 %538 ha · 57 km²
  5. 5GalibiMarowijne9.3 %8,732 ha · 943 km²
  6. 6Groot HenarNickerie6.3 %14,304 ha · 2,274 km²
  7. 7Johanna MariaCoronie5.6 %8,225 ha · 1,469 km²
  8. 8Westelijke Polders4.9 %5,959 ha · 1,218 km²
  9. 9TijgerkreekSaramacca4.5 %1,210 ha · 270 km²
  10. 10WayambowegSaramacca3.7 %2,860 ha · 775 km²
  11. 11WelgelegenCoronie2.3 %5,032 ha · 2,164 km²
  12. 12MoengotapoeMarowijne1.9 %966 ha · 515 km²
  13. 13Kampong BaroeSaramacca1.5 %1,167 ha · 762 km²
  14. 14AlbinaMarowijne1.5 %616 ha · 404 km²
  15. 15CoeroeniSipaliwini1.2 %20,078 ha · 17,413 km²
  16. 16PatamaccaMarowijne0.9 %1,185 ha · 1,260 km²
  17. 17WanhattiMarowijne0.8 %379 ha · 472 km²
  18. 18TotnessCoronie0.8 %153 ha · 191 km²
  19. 19Bigi PoikaPara0.4 %1,122 ha · 2,659 km²
  20. 20CalcuttaSaramacca0.2 %340 ha · 1,772 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.