Prefecture (China)

Prefecture - prefecture of the People's Republic of China that hasn't transformed into prefecture-level cities. Article “Prefecture (China)” in English Wikipedia has 17.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.94 points.

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

In June 2025 the article “Prefecture (China)” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Prefecture (China)”, its content was written by 82 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 326 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 991 times in English Wikipedia and cited 9175 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #22572 in December 2003
• Global: #38933 in September 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #160297 in April 2010
• Global: #212958 in April 2010

There are 15 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) 地区 (行政区划)		44.3582
2	Italian (it) Prefetture della Cina		33.4847
3	Swedish (sv) Kinas prefekturer		21.8761
4	English (en) Prefecture (China)		17.9454
5	German (de) Regierungsbezirk/Bund (China)		17.715
6	Korean (ko) 지구 (중화인민공화국)		7.3973
7	Basque (eu) Prefektura (Txina)		7.1576
8	Japanese (ja) 地区 (中華人民共和国)		5.974
9	French (fr) Préfecture (Chine)		4.8076
10	Russian (ru) Округа КНР		3.1637

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Prefecture (China)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Prefecture (China)		554 334
2	Chinese (zh) 地区 (行政区划)		90 638
3	Japanese (ja) 地区 (中華人民共和国)		50 384
4	Italian (it) Prefetture della Cina		33 942
5	Russian (ru) Округа КНР		30 732
6	French (fr) Préfecture (Chine)		20 303
7	German (de) Regierungsbezirk/Bund (China)		18 918
8	Dutch (nl) Prefectuur (China)		17 614
9	Swedish (sv) Kinas prefekturer		13 953
10	Korean (ko) 지구 (중화인민공화국)		12 334

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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 "Prefecture (China)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Prefecture (China)		2 129
2	Chinese (zh) 地区 (行政区划)		800
3	Japanese (ja) 地区 (中華人民共和国)		231
4	Italian (it) Prefetture della Cina		180
5	Russian (ru) Округа КНР		108
6	Swedish (sv) Kinas prefekturer		78
7	German (de) Regierungsbezirk/Bund (China)		70
8	Dutch (nl) Prefectuur (China)		57
9	French (fr) Préfecture (Chine)		39
10	Hindi (hi) दीचू		31

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Prefecture (China)		82
2	Chinese (zh) 地区 (行政区划)		45
3	German (de) Regierungsbezirk/Bund (China)		33
4	Italian (it) Prefetture della Cina		26
5	French (fr) Préfecture (Chine)		23
6	Dutch (nl) Prefectuur (China)		19
7	Russian (ru) Округа КНР		18
8	Japanese (ja) 地区 (中華人民共和国)		17
9	Norwegian (no) Prefektur (Kina)		17
10	Hindi (hi) दीचू		15

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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 "Prefecture (China)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Prefecture (China)		4
2	German (de) Regierungsbezirk/Bund (China)		1
3	Danish (da) Præfektur (Kina)		0
4	Estonian (et) Ringkond (Hiina)		0
5	Basque (eu) Prefektura (Txina)		0
6	French (fr) Préfecture (Chine)		0
7	Hindi (hi) दीचू		0
8	Italian (it) Prefetture della Cina		0
9	Japanese (ja) 地区 (中華人民共和国)		0
10	Korean (ko) 지구 (중화인민공화국)		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 "Prefecture (China)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Italian (it) Prefetture della Cina		3 143
2	Swedish (sv) Kinas prefekturer		2 538
3	Chinese (zh) 地区 (行政区划)		1 191
4	English (en) Prefecture (China)		991
5	Japanese (ja) 地区 (中華人民共和国)		448
6	Dutch (nl) Prefectuur (China)		235
7	French (fr) Préfecture (Chine)		232
8	Russian (ru) Округа КНР		157
9	German (de) Regierungsbezirk/Bund (China)		106
10	Danish (da) Præfektur (Kina)		34

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#	Language	Value
da	Danish Præfektur (Kina)
de	German Regierungsbezirk/Bund (China)
en	English Prefecture (China)
et	Estonian Ringkond (Hiina)
eu	Basque Prefektura (Txina)
fr	French Préfecture (Chine)
hi	Hindi दीचू
it	Italian Prefetture della Cina
ja	Japanese 地区 (中華人民共和国)
ko	Korean 지구 (중화인민공화국)
nl	Dutch Prefectuur (China)
no	Norwegian Prefektur (Kina)
ru	Russian Округа КНР
sv	Swedish Kinas prefekturer
zh	Chinese 地区 (行政区划)

Best Rank

English: #160297 04.2010

Global: #212958 04.2010

Best Rank

English: #22572 12.2003

Global: #38933 09.2011

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