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Wildfires in Bengo
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 26,790 km² of Bengo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 10,430 km², ranking 15th of 18 regions of Angola.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2020, with 13,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 6,830 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
August, September and October together hold 57% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 September 2021, with detections in 1,185 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 26,790 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,900 | 11% |
| 2 years | 2,820 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,070 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9,740 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 2,270 | 8.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.25, 13.75 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,830 | 7,438 |
| 2013 | 10,560 | 12,589 |
| 2014 | 7,150 | 7,739 |
| 2015 | 9,350 | 10,569 |
| 2016 | 13,100 | 15,829 |
| 2017 | 10,580 | 12,571 |
| 2018 | 11,470 | 13,745 |
| 2019 | 10,050 | 11,477 |
| 2020 | 13,130 | 15,820 |
| 2021 | 9,970 | 12,388 |
| 2022 | 11,020 | 12,877 |
| 2023 | 9,480 | 11,005 |
| 2024 | 10,630 | 11,953 |
| 2025 | 12,780 | 16,088 |
Other regions of Angola
- Moxico94,960 km² in an average year
- Cuando Cubango94,090 km² in an average year
- Lunda Norte68,320 km² in an average year
- Malanje62,850 km² in an average year
- Bié50,310 km² in an average year
- Lunda Sul45,030 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Luanda124 km
- Cuanza Norte174 km
- Zaire229 km
- Uíge246 km
- Cuanza Sul354 km
- Cabinda372 km