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Districts that have burned most often in Zambia

Districts of Zambia with at least one fire larger than 3,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 92. With two or more: 83. Top of the list is Kasama, which has burned 167 times in 11 years, with 836,647 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1KasamaNorthern167×11 years · 836,647 ha
  2. 2Shiwang'AnduMuchinga166×11 years · 1,643,966 ha
  3. 3MpikaMuchinga165×11 years · 1,011,206 ha
  4. 4MansaLuapula163×11 years · 2,438,737 ha
  5. 5MumbwaCentral154×11 years · 949,474 ha
  6. 6KawambwaLuapula150×11 years · 1,644,516 ha
  7. 7KanchibiyaMuchinga137×11 years · 1,495,740 ha
  8. 8MilengiLuapula130×11 years · 854,948 ha
  9. 9Itezhi-TezhiCentral128×11 years · 754,628 ha
  10. 10LunteNorthern120×11 years · 457,715 ha
  11. 11ChipiliLuapula116×11 years · 1,298,201 ha
  12. 12LavushimandaMuchinga109×11 years · 490,565 ha
  13. 13ChitamboCentral99×11 years · 680,671 ha
  14. 14MufumbweNorth-Western98×11 years · 586,145 ha
  15. 15LupososhiNorthern95×11 years · 1,165,766 ha
  16. 16MungwiNorthern91×11 years · 456,748 ha
  17. 17LuwinguNorthern88×11 years · 453,445 ha
  18. 18MporokosoNorthern87×11 years · 871,968 ha
  19. 19KasempaNorth-Western84×11 years · 418,370 ha
  20. 20MpulunguNorthern73×11 years · 344,343 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MansaLuapula2,438,737 ha163× · 3.2×
  2. 2KawambwaLuapula1,644,516 ha150× · 2.0×
  3. 3Shiwang'AnduMuchinga1,643,966 ha166× · 1.8×
  4. 4KanchibiyaMuchinga1,495,740 ha137× · 1.7×
  5. 5ChipiliLuapula1,298,201 ha116× · 3.0×
  6. 6LupososhiNorthern1,165,766 ha95× · 2.8×
  7. 7MpikaMuchinga1,011,206 ha165× · 59 %
  8. 8MumbwaCentral949,474 ha154× · 48 %
  9. 9MporokosoNorthern871,968 ha87× · 2.1×
  10. 10MilengiLuapula854,948 ha130× · 1.4×
  11. 11KasamaNorthern836,647 ha167× · 79 %
  12. 12Itezhi-TezhiCentral754,628 ha128× · 48 %
  13. 13ChitamboCentral680,671 ha99× · 57 %
  14. 14MufumbweNorth-Western586,145 ha98× · 31 %
  15. 15LavushimandaMuchinga490,565 ha109× · 34 %
  16. 16LunteNorthern457,715 ha120× · 59 %
  17. 17MungwiNorthern456,748 ha91× · 47 %
  18. 18LuwinguNorthern453,445 ha88× · 92 %
  19. 19KasempaNorth-Western418,370 ha84× · 19 %
  20. 20MwenseLuapula396,374 ha55× · 1.6×

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1MansaLuapula3.2×2,438,737 ha · 7,722 km²
  2. 2ChipiliLuapula3.0×1,298,201 ha · 4,288 km²
  3. 3LupososhiNorthern2.8×1,165,766 ha · 4,143 km²
  4. 4MporokosoNorthern2.1×871,968 ha · 4,213 km²
  5. 5KawambwaLuapula2.0×1,644,516 ha · 8,052 km²
  6. 6Shiwang'AnduMuchinga1.8×1,643,966 ha · 9,255 km²
  7. 7ChembeLuapula1.7×370,768 ha · 2,173 km²
  8. 8KanchibiyaMuchinga1.7×1,495,740 ha · 8,823 km²
  9. 9MwenseLuapula1.6×396,374 ha · 2,423 km²
  10. 10MilengiLuapula1.4×854,948 ha · 6,102 km²
  11. 11LuwinguNorthern92 %453,445 ha · 4,923 km²
  12. 12KasamaNorthern79 %836,647 ha · 10,642 km²
  13. 13SamfyaLuapula66 %217,322 ha · 3,305 km²
  14. 14MpikaMuchinga59 %1,011,206 ha · 17,235 km²
  15. 15LunteNorthern59 %457,715 ha · 7,821 km²
  16. 16ChitamboCentral57 %680,671 ha · 12,028 km²
  17. 17LuangwaLusaka54 %210,257 ha · 3,914 km²
  18. 18MafingaMuchinga50 %207,837 ha · 4,172 km²
  19. 19MumbwaCentral48 %949,474 ha · 19,886 km²
  20. 20Itezhi-TezhiCentral48 %754,628 ha · 15,847 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.