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Municipalities that have burned most often in Venezuela

Municipalities of Venezuela with at least one fire larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 153. With two or more: 112. Top of the list is Pedro Camejo, which has burned 327 times in 11 years, with 869,606 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Pedro CamejoApure327×11 years · 869,606 ha
  2. 2AchaguasApure219×11 years · 563,443 ha
  3. 3MuñozApure211×11 years · 549,033 ha
  4. 4Rómulo GallegosApure205×11 years · 516,351 ha
  5. 5Francisco de MirandaGuárico184×11 years · 370,468 ha
  6. 6Pao de San Juan BautistaCojedes138×10 years · 339,881 ha
  7. 7MaturínMonagas121×11 years · 458,999 ha
  8. 8IndependenciaAnzoátegui106×11 years · 358,107 ha
  9. 9GirardotCojedes106×11 years · 236,465 ha
  10. 10OrtízGuárico85×10 years · 180,138 ha
  11. 11Machiques de PerijáZulia68×10 years · 178,323 ha
  12. 12ArismendiBarinas62×8 years · 129,938 ha
  13. 13Raúl LeoniBolívar58×10 years · 137,362 ha
  14. 14CedeñoBolívar57×9 years · 151,643 ha
  15. 15Las MercedesGuárico56×11 years · 146,536 ha
  16. 16San Gerónimo de GuayabalGuárico56×9 years · 92,585 ha
  17. 17LibertadorMonagas54×11 years · 148,552 ha
  18. 18San FernandoApure45×11 years · 112,290 ha
  19. 19PáezApure45×8 years · 77,690 ha
  20. 20Autónomo ManapiareAmazonas38×8 years · 84,562 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Pedro CamejoApure869,606 ha327× · 41 %
  2. 2AchaguasApure563,443 ha219× · 40 %
  3. 3MuñozApure549,033 ha211× · 70 %
  4. 4Rómulo GallegosApure516,351 ha205× · 43 %
  5. 5MaturínMonagas458,999 ha121× · 35 %
  6. 6Francisco de MirandaGuárico370,468 ha184× · 26 %
  7. 7IndependenciaAnzoátegui358,107 ha106× · 52 %
  8. 8Pao de San Juan BautistaCojedes339,881 ha138× · 72 %
  9. 9SucreBolívar242,820 ha36× · 4.8 %
  10. 10GirardotCojedes236,465 ha106× · 73 %
  11. 11OrtízGuárico180,138 ha85× · 44 %
  12. 12Machiques de PerijáZulia178,323 ha68× · 21 %
  13. 13CedeñoBolívar151,643 ha57× · 3.0 %
  14. 14LibertadorMonagas148,552 ha54× · 44 %
  15. 15Las MercedesGuárico146,536 ha56× · 18 %
  16. 16Raúl LeoniBolívar137,362 ha58× · 2.3 %
  17. 17ArismendiBarinas129,938 ha62× · 17 %
  18. 18San FernandoApure112,290 ha45× · 20 %
  19. 19TucupitaDelta Amacuro106,342 ha27× · 9.0 %
  20. 20San Gerónimo de GuayabalGuárico92,585 ha56× · 23 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1GirardotCojedes73 %236,465 ha · 3,226 km²
  2. 2Pao de San Juan BautistaCojedes72 %339,881 ha · 4,707 km²
  3. 3MuñozApure70 %549,033 ha · 7,812 km²
  4. 4IndependenciaAnzoátegui52 %358,107 ha · 6,882 km²
  5. 5LibertadorMonagas44 %148,552 ha · 3,344 km²
  6. 6OrtízGuárico44 %180,138 ha · 4,132 km²
  7. 7Rómulo GallegosApure43 %516,351 ha · 12,026 km²
  8. 8Pedro CamejoApure41 %869,606 ha · 21,223 km²
  9. 9AchaguasApure40 %563,443 ha · 13,985 km²
  10. 10BejumaCarabobo38 %20,817 ha · 555 km²
  11. 11SotilloMonagas36 %54,620 ha · 1,514 km²
  12. 12MaturínMonagas35 %458,999 ha · 12,942 km²
  13. 13GirardotAragua28 %8,337 ha · 294 km²
  14. 14Francisco de MirandaGuárico26 %370,468 ha · 14,043 km²
  15. 15TinacoCojedes23 %24,976 ha · 1,085 km²
  16. 16San Gerónimo de GuayabalGuárico23 %92,585 ha · 4,058 km²
  17. 17Rosario de PerijáZulia22 %75,695 ha · 3,389 km²
  18. 18BiruacaApure22 %22,969 ha · 1,044 km²
  19. 19Juan Germán RoscioGuárico22 %40,054 ha · 1,834 km²
  20. 20Machiques de PerijáZulia21 %178,323 ha · 8,412 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,500 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.