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Districts that have burned most often in Zimbabwe

Districts of Zimbabwe with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 69. With two or more: 63. Top of the list is Hurungwe, which has burned 419 times in 11 years, with 1,080,638 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1HurungweMashonaland West419×11 years · 1,080,638 ha
  2. 2HwangeMatabeleland North204×11 years · 714,029 ha
  3. 3MakondeMashonaland West188×11 years · 295,411 ha
  4. 4KaribaMashonaland West133×11 years · 325,562 ha
  5. 5LupaneMatabeleland North126×11 years · 466,441 ha
  6. 6MbireMashonaland Central105×11 years · 154,494 ha
  7. 7InsizaMatabeleland South92×11 years · 141,759 ha
  8. 8ZvimbaMashonaland West86×10 years · 100,724 ha
  9. 9BingaMatabeleland North76×10 years · 148,092 ha
  10. 10ChikombaMashonaland East68×11 years · 83,812 ha
  11. 11MazoweMashonaland Central66×11 years · 74,221 ha
  12. 12Centenary/ MuzarabaniMashonaland Central62×11 years · 75,984 ha
  13. 13Mount DarwinMashonaland Central58×11 years · 77,016 ha
  14. 14UmguzaMatabeleland North57×11 years · 136,461 ha
  15. 15BubiMatabeleland North57×11 years · 99,499 ha
  16. 16GweruMidlands57×10 years · 79,846 ha
  17. 17NyangaManicaland50×11 years · 101,213 ha
  18. 18BinduraMashonaland Central47×11 years · 58,072 ha
  19. 19ShamvaMashonaland Central47×10 years · 52,008 ha
  20. 20ChimanimaniManicaland45×10 years · 94,710 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1HurungweMashonaland West1,080,638 ha419× · 54 %
  2. 2HwangeMatabeleland North714,029 ha204× · 26 %
  3. 3LupaneMatabeleland North466,441 ha126× · 46 %
  4. 4KaribaMashonaland West325,562 ha133× · 40 %
  5. 5MakondeMashonaland West295,411 ha188× · 34 %
  6. 6MbireMashonaland Central154,494 ha105× · 33 %
  7. 7BingaMatabeleland North148,092 ha76× · 11 %
  8. 8InsizaMatabeleland South141,759 ha92× · 17 %
  9. 9UmguzaMatabeleland North136,461 ha57× · 22 %
  10. 10NyangaManicaland101,213 ha50× · 17 %
  11. 11ZvimbaMashonaland West100,724 ha86× · 16 %
  12. 12BubiMatabeleland North99,499 ha57× · 16 %
  13. 13ChimanimaniManicaland94,710 ha45× · 28 %
  14. 14ChikombaMashonaland East83,812 ha68× · 13 %
  15. 15GweruMidlands79,846 ha57× · 13 %
  16. 16Mount DarwinMashonaland Central77,016 ha58× · 17 %
  17. 17Centenary/ MuzarabaniMashonaland Central75,984 ha62× · 18 %
  18. 18MazoweMashonaland Central74,221 ha66× · 17 %
  19. 19MatoboMatabeleland South73,443 ha43× · 10 %
  20. 20Gokwe SouthMidlands68,986 ha41× · 6.2 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1HurungweMashonaland West54 %1,080,638 ha · 19,948 km²
  2. 2LupaneMatabeleland North46 %466,441 ha · 10,159 km²
  3. 3KaribaMashonaland West40 %325,562 ha · 8,239 km²
  4. 4MakondeMashonaland West34 %295,411 ha · 8,614 km²
  5. 5MbireMashonaland Central33 %154,494 ha · 4,726 km²
  6. 6ChimanimaniManicaland28 %94,710 ha · 3,363 km²
  7. 7HwangeMatabeleland North26 %714,029 ha · 27,099 km²
  8. 8BinduraMashonaland Central26 %58,072 ha · 2,255 km²
  9. 9UmguzaMatabeleland North22 %136,461 ha · 6,073 km²
  10. 10ShamvaMashonaland Central19 %52,008 ha · 2,709 km²
  11. 11Centenary/ MuzarabaniMashonaland Central18 %75,984 ha · 4,291 km²
  12. 12NyangaManicaland17 %101,213 ha · 5,813 km²
  13. 13InsizaMatabeleland South17 %141,759 ha · 8,265 km²
  14. 14MazoweMashonaland Central17 %74,221 ha · 4,376 km²
  15. 15Mount DarwinMashonaland Central17 %77,016 ha · 4,623 km²
  16. 16ZvimbaMashonaland West16 %100,724 ha · 6,112 km²
  17. 17BubiMatabeleland North16 %99,499 ha · 6,109 km²
  18. 18UmzingwaneMatabeleland South16 %45,415 ha · 2,795 km²
  19. 19Beitbridge UrbanMatabeleland South15 %1,364 ha · 90 km²
  20. 20GweruMidlands13 %79,846 ha · 5,917 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.