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Districts that have burned most often in Tanzania

Districts of Tanzania with at least one fire larger than 3,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 73. With two or more: 54. Top of the list is Mlele, which has burned 230 times in 11 years, with 1,372,098 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1MleleKatavi230×11 years · 1,372,098 ha
  2. 2ManyoniSingida144×11 years · 796,499 ha
  3. 3KibondoKigoma96×11 years · 599,239 ha
  4. 4SerengetiMara85×10 years · 437,685 ha
  5. 5MbaraliMbeya85×11 years · 390,271 ha
  6. 6IringaIringa77×11 years · 1,091,742 ha
  7. 7LiwaleLindi75×11 years · 328,199 ha
  8. 8ChunyaMbeya67×11 years · 326,918 ha
  9. 9UlangaMorogoro66×10 years · 428,346 ha
  10. 10KilomberoMorogoro61×9 years · 331,734 ha
  11. 11SongweMbeya50×10 years · 180,416 ha
  12. 12NamtumboRuvuma46×10 years · 230,583 ha
  13. 13BariadiSimiyu45×10 years · 205,876 ha
  14. 14MorogoroMorogoro31×8 years · 136,140 ha
  15. 15MpandaKatavi31×10 years · 128,540 ha
  16. 16MeatuSimiyu29×8 years · 147,893 ha
  17. 17UvinzaKatavi27×9 years · 172,632 ha
  18. 18SongeaRuvuma26×8 years · 138,618 ha
  19. 19KaliuaTabora25×11 years · 99,865 ha
  20. 20TunduruRuvuma22×8 years · 77,104 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MleleKatavi1,372,098 ha230× · 46 %
  2. 2IringaIringa1,091,742 ha77× · 58 %
  3. 3ManyoniSingida796,499 ha144× · 27 %
  4. 4KibondoKigoma599,239 ha96× · 44 %
  5. 5SerengetiMara437,685 ha85× · 39 %
  6. 6UlangaMorogoro428,346 ha66× · 18 %
  7. 7MbaraliMbeya390,271 ha85× · 27 %
  8. 8KilomberoMorogoro331,734 ha61× · 24 %
  9. 9LiwaleLindi328,199 ha75× · 9.5 %
  10. 10ChunyaMbeya326,918 ha67× · 19 %
  11. 11NamtumboRuvuma230,583 ha46× · 11 %
  12. 12BariadiSimiyu205,876 ha45× · 37 %
  13. 13SongweMbeya180,416 ha50× · 16 %
  14. 14UvinzaKatavi172,632 ha27× · 17 %
  15. 15MeatuSimiyu147,893 ha29× · 16 %
  16. 16SongeaRuvuma138,618 ha26× · 9.8 %
  17. 17MorogoroMorogoro136,140 ha31× · 11 %
  18. 18MpandaKatavi128,540 ha31× · 7.5 %
  19. 19KaliuaTabora99,865 ha25× · 6.5 %
  20. 20NjombeNjombe98,943 ha21× · 28 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1IringaIringa58 %1,091,742 ha · 18,905 km²
  2. 2MleleKatavi46 %1,372,098 ha · 29,822 km²
  3. 3KibondoKigoma44 %599,239 ha · 13,494 km²
  4. 4SerengetiMara39 %437,685 ha · 11,234 km²
  5. 5BariadiSimiyu37 %205,876 ha · 5,521 km²
  6. 6NjombeNjombe28 %98,943 ha · 3,475 km²
  7. 7ManyoniSingida27 %796,499 ha · 29,124 km²
  8. 8MbaraliMbeya27 %390,271 ha · 14,533 km²
  9. 9KilomberoMorogoro24 %331,734 ha · 13,625 km²
  10. 10NyasaRuvuma22 %67,193 ha · 3,082 km²
  11. 11MaketeNjombe21 %83,621 ha · 4,022 km²
  12. 12ItilimaSimiyu20 %95,612 ha · 4,722 km²
  13. 13ChunyaMbeya19 %326,918 ha · 17,619 km²
  14. 14UlangaMorogoro18 %428,346 ha · 23,615 km²
  15. 15RomboKilimanjaro17 %25,686 ha · 1,479 km²
  16. 16UvinzaKatavi17 %172,632 ha · 10,119 km²
  17. 17MeatuSimiyu16 %147,893 ha · 9,077 km²
  18. 18SongweMbeya16 %180,416 ha · 11,235 km²
  19. 19BabatiManyara14 %80,663 ha · 5,608 km²
  20. 20MorogoroMorogoro11 %136,140 ha · 12,544 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 3,000 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.