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Prefectures that have burned most often in Togo

Prefectures of Togo with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 27. With two or more: 23. Top of the list is Sotouboua, which has burned 77 times in 11 years, with 138,090 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1SotoubouaCentrale77×11 years · 138,090 ha
  2. 2OtiSavanes64×11 years · 97,476 ha
  3. 3BassarKara58×11 years · 91,548 ha
  4. 4DankpenKara31×8 years · 41,708 ha
  5. 5DoufelgouKara26×9 years · 38,183 ha
  6. 6BlittaCentrale24×8 years · 38,173 ha
  7. 7AmouPlateaux18×8 years · 53,313 ha
  8. 8Plaine de MôCentrale17×8 years · 13,094 ha
  9. 9TchaoudjoCentrale17×7 years · 12,807 ha
  10. 10KpendjalSavanes16×8 years · 22,349 ha
  11. 11AkébouPlateaux14×7 years · 19,693 ha
  12. 12TchambaCentrale13×8 years · 18,362 ha
  13. 13WawaPlateaux12×6 years · 16,409 ha
  14. 14HahoPlateaux11×8 years · 9,588 ha
  15. 15AgouPlateaux10×5 years · 18,575 ha
  16. 16YotoMaritime9×9 years · 11,566 ha
  17. 17KéranKara6×5 years · 4,638 ha
  18. 18Est-MonoPlateaux5×5 years · 3,970 ha
  19. 19AvéMaritime4×3 years · 3,600 ha
  20. 20KpéléPlateaux3×3 years · 3,448 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1SotoubouaCentrale138,090 ha77× · 43 %
  2. 2OtiSavanes97,476 ha64× · 22 %
  3. 3BassarKara91,548 ha58× · 28 %
  4. 4AmouPlateaux53,313 ha18× · 30 %
  5. 5DankpenKara41,708 ha31× · 16 %
  6. 6DoufelgouKara38,183 ha26× · 29 %
  7. 7BlittaCentrale38,173 ha24× · 12 %
  8. 8KpendjalSavanes22,349 ha16× · 12 %
  9. 9AkébouPlateaux19,693 ha14× · 18 %
  10. 10AgouPlateaux18,575 ha10× · 18 %
  11. 11TchambaCentrale18,362 ha13× · 5.6 %
  12. 12WawaPlateaux16,409 ha12× · 13 %
  13. 13Plaine de MôCentrale13,094 ha17× · 10 %
  14. 14TchaoudjoCentrale12,807 ha17× · 5.3 %
  15. 15YotoMaritime11,566 ha9× · 8.8 %
  16. 16HahoPlateaux9,588 ha11× · 3.4 %
  17. 17KéranKara4,638 ha6× · 2.7 %
  18. 18Est-MonoPlateaux3,970 ha5× · 1.7 %
  19. 19AvéMaritime3,600 ha4× · 3.9 %
  20. 20KpéléPlateaux3,448 ha3× · 3.3 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1SotoubouaCentrale43 %138,090 ha · 3,205 km²
  2. 2AmouPlateaux30 %53,313 ha · 1,798 km²
  3. 3DoufelgouKara29 %38,183 ha · 1,330 km²
  4. 4BassarKara28 %91,548 ha · 3,289 km²
  5. 5OtiSavanes22 %97,476 ha · 4,445 km²
  6. 6AgouPlateaux18 %18,575 ha · 1,014 km²
  7. 7AkébouPlateaux18 %19,693 ha · 1,125 km²
  8. 8DankpenKara16 %41,708 ha · 2,670 km²
  9. 9WawaPlateaux13 %16,409 ha · 1,216 km²
  10. 10KpendjalSavanes12 %22,349 ha · 1,835 km²
  11. 11BlittaCentrale12 %38,173 ha · 3,234 km²
  12. 12Plaine de MôCentrale10 %13,094 ha · 1,264 km²
  13. 13YotoMaritime8.8 %11,566 ha · 1,318 km²
  14. 14TchambaCentrale5.6 %18,362 ha · 3,251 km²
  15. 15TchaoudjoCentrale5.3 %12,807 ha · 2,404 km²
  16. 16AvéMaritime3.9 %3,600 ha · 912 km²
  17. 17HahoPlateaux3.4 %9,588 ha · 2,803 km²
  18. 18KpéléPlateaux3.3 %3,448 ha · 1,037 km²
  19. 19KéranKara2.7 %4,638 ha · 1,712 km²
  20. 20KozahKara2.2 %2,402 ha · 1,080 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.