Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan

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Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan

Quality:

City designated by government ordinance - Japanese city with at least 500 000 residents that enjoys enhanced autonomy and is divided into wards. Article “Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan” in English Wikipedia has 38.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.04 points.

This article has the best quality in Japanese Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan”, its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 863 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 314 times in English Wikipedia and cited 8619 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #34564 in October 2003
  • Global: #7004 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #60137 in March 2011
  • Global: #9434 in October 2011

There are 31 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Japanese (ja)
政令指定都市
54.8116
2Simple English (simple)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
40.7035
3English (en)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
38.7679
4Chinese (zh)
政令指定都市
29.0698
5Vietnamese (vi)
Đô thị cấp quốc gia của Nhật Bản
26.7056
6French (fr)
Villes désignées par ordonnance gouvernementale
24.6612
7Indonesian (id)
Kota terpilih (Jepang)
18.9618
8Turkish (tr)
Japonya'nın hükûmet kararnamesi ile belirlenmiş şehirleri
16.0797
9Finnish (fi)
Japanin viralliset suurkaupungit
16.0127
10Malay (ms)
Bandar terancang di Jepun
15.8138
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
政令指定都市
12 166 710
2English (en)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
836 751
3Chinese (zh)
政令指定都市
330 758
4Russian (ru)
Города, определённые указами правительства
126 439
5Korean (ko)
정령지정도시
116 203
6Polish (pl)
Miasta Japonii oznaczone rozporządzeniem rządowym
49 333
7Vietnamese (vi)
Đô thị cấp quốc gia của Nhật Bản
47 982
8Finnish (fi)
Japanin viralliset suurkaupungit
47 380
9Spanish (es)
Ciudades japonesas designadas por decreto gubernamental
44 166
10German (de)
Seirei shitei toshi
41 163
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
政令指定都市
21 815
2English (en)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
5 275
3Chinese (zh)
政令指定都市
2 539
4Russian (ru)
Города, определённые указами правительства
699
5Korean (ko)
정령지정도시
434
6German (de)
Seirei shitei toshi
232
7Finnish (fi)
Japanin viralliset suurkaupungit
223
8Spanish (es)
Ciudades japonesas designadas por decreto gubernamental
191
9Vietnamese (vi)
Đô thị cấp quốc gia của Nhật Bản
190
10Simple English (simple)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
152
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
政令指定都市
346
2English (en)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
102
3Chinese (zh)
政令指定都市
71
4Italian (it)
Città designata per ordinanza governativa
41
5Dutch (nl)
Decretaal gedesigneerde stad
35
6Korean (ko)
정령지정도시
32
7Vietnamese (vi)
Đô thị cấp quốc gia của Nhật Bản
29
8Polish (pl)
Miasta Japonii oznaczone rozporządzeniem rządowym
17
9Thai (th)
นครใหญ่ที่รัฐกำหนด
17
10Esperanto (eo)
Granda Urbo kun Esceptoj
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Město určené vládním nařízením
1
2Arabic (ar)
مدن مختارة من قبل الحكومة (اليابان)
0
3Belarusian (be)
Гарады, вызначаныя ўказамі ўрада
0
4Catalan (ca)
Ciutats designades per decret governamental del Japó
0
5German (de)
Seirei shitei toshi
0
6English (en)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
0
7Esperanto (eo)
Granda Urbo kun Esceptoj
0
8Spanish (es)
Ciudades japonesas designadas por decreto gubernamental
0
9Finnish (fi)
Japanin viralliset suurkaupungit
0
10French (fr)
Villes désignées par ordonnance gouvernementale
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
政令指定都市
4 316
2Dutch (nl)
Decretaal gedesigneerde stad
950
3Thai (th)
นครใหญ่ที่รัฐกำหนด
582
4Chinese (zh)
政令指定都市
463
5English (en)
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
314
6Italian (it)
Città designata per ordinanza governativa
241
7French (fr)
Villes désignées par ordonnance gouvernementale
228
8Korean (ko)
정령지정도시
171
9Vietnamese (vi)
Đô thị cấp quốc gia của Nhật Bản
166
10Turkish (tr)
Japonya'nın hükûmet kararnamesi ile belirlenmiş şehirleri
162
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مدن مختارة من قبل الحكومة (اليابان)
beBelarusian
Гарады, вызначаныя ўказамі ўрада
caCatalan
Ciutats designades per decret governamental del Japó
csCzech
Město určené vládním nařízením
deGerman
Seirei shitei toshi
enEnglish
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
eoEsperanto
Granda Urbo kun Esceptoj
esSpanish
Ciudades japonesas designadas por decreto gubernamental
fiFinnish
Japanin viralliset suurkaupungit
frFrench
Villes désignées par ordonnance gouvernementale
huHungarian
Kijelölt város (Japán)
idIndonesian
Kota terpilih (Jepang)
itItalian
Città designata per ordinanza governativa
jaJapanese
政令指定都市
kkKazakh
Үкіметтің жарлықтары бойынша белгіленген қалалар
koKorean
정령지정도시
ltLithuanian
Valstybinio pavaldumo miestas (Japonija)
msMalay
Bandar terancang di Jepun
nlDutch
Decretaal gedesigneerde stad
plPolish
Miasta Japonii oznaczone rozporządzeniem rządowym
ptPortuguese
Cidades designadas por decreto governamental do Japão
roRomanian
Orașe desemnate (Japonia)
ruRussian
Города, определённые указами правительства
simpleSimple English
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
skSlovak
Mesto určené vládnym nariadením
thThai
นครใหญ่ที่รัฐกำหนด
trTurkish
Japonya'nın hükûmet kararnamesi ile belirlenmiş şehirleri
ukUkrainian
Постановлені урядом міста Японії
urUrdu
جاپانی حکومت کے فرمان کے تحت نامزد شہر
viVietnamese
Đô thị cấp quốc gia của Nhật Bản
zhChinese
政令指定都市

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#60137
03.2011
Global:
#9434
10.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#34564
10.2003
Global:
#7004
05.2003

Global popularity rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on City designated by government ordinance from Wikipedia articles about Core city of Japan, Osaka, Sendai, Sapporo and Hokkaido. Whereas reading the article about City designated by government ordinance people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Core city of Japan, Special city of Japan, Sapporo, Yokohama and Sagamihara.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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