Lightning strikes 40–50 times a second worldwide, for a total of nearly 1.4 billion flashes per year. The place where lightning occurs most often is near the small village of Kifuka in the mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the elevation is around 3,200 ft. On average they have 158 lightning strikes per 0.39 sq miles a year. Other hotspots include Catatumbo lightning in Venezuela, Singapore, Teresina in northern Brazil and "Lightning Alley" in Central Florida