Gulf of Tonkin

Gulf of Tonkin - body of water located off the coast of northern Vietnam and southern China, northern arm of the South China Sea. Article “Gulf of Tonkin” in English Wikipedia has 40.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Gulf of Tonkin”, its content was written by 151 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 814 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 956 times in English Wikipedia and cited 6192 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #2224 in June 2003
• Global: #3834 in May 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #48478 in May 2008
• Global: #61362 in January 2008

There are 44 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 北部湾		44.4924
2	English (en) Gulf of Tonkin		40.2463
3	Korean (ko) 통킹만		31.4688
4	Finnish (fi) Tonkininlahti		28.7803
5	Norwegian (no) Tonkinbukten		26.9106
6	Persian (fa) خلیج تونکین		25.5671
7	Hindi (hi) टोंकिन की खाड़ी		24.6041
8	Catalan (ca) Golf de Tonquín		24.2091
9	Bulgarian (bg) Тонкин (залив)		21.7299
10	Russian (ru) Бакбо		20.7681

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Gulf of Tonkin" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Gulf of Tonkin		1 277 545
2	Vietnamese (vi) Vịnh Bắc Bộ		261 894
3	Chinese (zh) 北部湾		223 902
4	Japanese (ja) トンキン湾		176 008
5	German (de) Golf von Tonkin		114 290
6	Spanish (es) Golfo de Tonkín		104 699
7	Italian (it) Golfo del Tonchino		79 218
8	French (fr) Golfe du Tonkin		77 944
9	Russian (ru) Бакбо		77 573
10	Polish (pl) Zatoka Tonkińska		71 776

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Gulf of Tonkin" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Gulf of Tonkin		4 985
2	Chinese (zh) 北部湾		1 623
3	Japanese (ja) トンキン湾		1 225
4	Vietnamese (vi) Vịnh Bắc Bộ		1 222
5	German (de) Golf von Tonkin		451
6	Italian (it) Golfo del Tonchino		379
7	Spanish (es) Golfo de Tonkín		314
8	Thai (th) อ่าวตังเกี๋ย		270
9	Russian (ru) Бакбо		250
10	Korean (ko) 통킹만		248

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Gulf of Tonkin" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Gulf of Tonkin		151
2	Chinese (zh) 北部湾		59
3	German (de) Golf von Tonkin		57
4	Italian (it) Golfo del Tonchino		49
5	Russian (ru) Бакбо		46
6	Vietnamese (vi) Vịnh Bắc Bộ		45
7	French (fr) Golfe du Tonkin		32
8	Norwegian (no) Tonkinbukten		32
9	Dutch (nl) Golf van Tonkin		30
10	Hebrew (he) מפרץ טונקין		25

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Gulf of Tonkin" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 北部湾		1
2	Arabic (ar) خليج تونكين		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) Bakbo körfəzi		0
4	Belarusian (be) Бакбо		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Тонкин (залив)		0
6	Catalan (ca) Golf de Tonquín		0
7	Czech (cs) Tonkinský záliv		0
8	Danish (da) Tonkin-bugten		0
9	German (de) Golf von Tonkin		0
10	Greek (el) Κόλπος του Τογκίνου		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Gulf of Tonkin" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Gulf of Tonkin		956
2	Vietnamese (vi) Vịnh Bắc Bộ		608
3	Chinese (zh) 北部湾		511
4	Persian (fa) خلیج تونکین		342
5	Japanese (ja) トンキン湾		297
6	Portuguese (pt) Golfo de Tonquim		270
7	Urdu (ur) خلیج ٹونکن		238
8	Arabic (ar) خليج تونكين		228
9	Hebrew (he) מפרץ טונקין		222
10	Korean (ko) 통킹만		210

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic خليج تونكين
az	Azerbaijani Bakbo körfəzi
be	Belarusian Бакбо
bg	Bulgarian Тонкин (залив)
ca	Catalan Golf de Tonquín
cs	Czech Tonkinský záliv
da	Danish Tonkin-bugten
de	German Golf von Tonkin
el	Greek Κόλπος του Τογκίνου
en	English Gulf of Tonkin
eo	Esperanto Vjetnama golfo
es	Spanish Golfo de Tonkín
et	Estonian Tongkingi laht
eu	Basque Tonkingo golkoa
fa	Persian خلیج تونکین
fi	Finnish Tonkininlahti
fr	French Golfe du Tonkin
he	Hebrew מפרץ טונקין
hi	Hindi टोंकिन की खाड़ी
hu	Hungarian Vietnámi-öböl
hy	Armenian Բակբո
id	Indonesian Teluk Tonkin
it	Italian Golfo del Tonchino
ja	Japanese トンキン湾
ko	Korean 통킹만
lt	Lithuanian Tonkino įlanka
nl	Dutch Golf van Tonkin
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Tonkinbukta
no	Norwegian Tonkinbukten
pl	Polish Zatoka Tonkińska
pt	Portuguese Golfo de Tonquim
ru	Russian Бакбо
sh	Serbo-Croatian Tonkinski zaljev
sk	Slovak Bacboský záliv
sl	Slovenian Tonkinški zaliv
sr	Serbian Тонкиншки залив
sv	Swedish Tonkinbukten
th	Thai อ่าวตังเกี๋ย
tr	Turkish Tonkin Körfezi
uk	Ukrainian Тонкінська затока
ur	Urdu خلیج ٹونکن
uz	Uzbek Bakbo qoʻltigʻi
vi	Vietnamese Vịnh Bắc Bộ
zh	Chinese 北部湾

Best Rank

English: #48478 05.2008

Global: #61362 01.2008

Best Rank

English: #2224 06.2003

Global: #3834 05.2011

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