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Wildfires in Cuanza Norte
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 20,460 km² of Cuanza Norte at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 12,750 km², ranking 14th 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 2025, with 13,840 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 11,610 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.1% 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.
May, June and July together hold 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 September 2021, with detections in 788 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,460 km² with at least one detection, 91% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,080 | 5.3% |
| 2 years | 864 | 4.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,440 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,940 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 8,140 | 40% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.75, 15.25 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,610 | 15,608 |
| 2013 | 12,200 | 16,332 |
| 2014 | 12,250 | 17,282 |
| 2015 | 12,490 | 17,378 |
| 2016 | 13,220 | 19,682 |
| 2017 | 12,970 | 18,590 |
| 2018 | 12,960 | 18,039 |
| 2019 | 12,090 | 16,387 |
| 2020 | 13,790 | 20,475 |
| 2021 | 13,040 | 18,580 |
| 2022 | 11,860 | 16,028 |
| 2023 | 13,230 | 18,708 |
| 2024 | 12,960 | 18,924 |
| 2025 | 13,840 | 20,286 |
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
- Bengo174 km
- Uíge175 km
- Luanda226 km
- Cuanza Sul229 km
- Lunda Norte280 km
- Zaire299 km