Shamal

Shamal - northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states. Article “Shamal” in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia has 31.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Shamal”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia and edited by 213 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 13 times in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia and cited 708 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Norwegian (Nynorsk)): #1247 in December 2023
• Global: #22533 in August 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Norwegian (Nynorsk)): #4737 in August 2024
• Global: #261586 in May 2013

There are 22 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, 2026 (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) 夏马风		44.2337
2	Slovenian (sl) Šamal (veter)		37.8734
3	English (en) Shamal (wind)		33.5225
4	Spanish (es) Shamal (viento)		31.4952
5	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Shamal		31.2982
6	Polish (pl) Szamal		23.6705
7	German (de) Schamal (Wind)		22.8945
8	Ukrainian (uk) Шамаль (вітер)		22.6391
9	French (fr) Chammal		22.2985
10	Catalan (ca) Xamal (vent)		22.07

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shamal (wind)		409 092
2	French (fr) Chammal		45 583
3	Persian (fa) شمال (باد)		34 763
4	German (de) Schamal (Wind)		33 101
5	Polish (pl) Szamal		29 910
6	Japanese (ja) シャマール		27 507
7	Arabic (ar) ريح الشمال		22 727
8	Russian (ru) Шамаль		20 892
9	Spanish (es) Shamal (viento)		18 400
10	Greek (el) Σαμάλ (άνεμος)		8 427

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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 "Shamal" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shamal (wind)		805
2	Japanese (ja) シャマール		130
3	Russian (ru) Шамаль		107
4	French (fr) Chammal		97
5	Persian (fa) شمال (باد)		96
6	Chinese (zh) 夏马风		80
7	German (de) Schamal (Wind)		55
8	Italian (it) Shamal (vento)		37
9	Polish (pl) Szamal		31
10	Spanish (es) Shamal (viento)		30

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shamal (wind)		59
2	French (fr) Chammal		31
3	German (de) Schamal (Wind)		22
4	Russian (ru) Шамаль		16
5	Hebrew (he) שמאל (רוח)		15
6	Polish (pl) Szamal		9
7	Japanese (ja) シャマール		7
8	Greek (el) Σαμάλ (άνεμος)		6
9	Persian (fa) شمال (باد)		6
10	Chinese (zh) 夏马风		6

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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 "Shamal" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) ريح الشمال		0
2	Catalan (ca) Xamal (vent)		0
3	German (de) Schamal (Wind)		0
4	Greek (el) Σαμάλ (άνεμος)		0
5	English (en) Shamal (wind)		0
6	Spanish (es) Shamal (viento)		0
7	Persian (fa) شمال (باد)		0
8	Finnish (fi) Shamal (tuuli)		0
9	French (fr) Chammal		0
10	Hebrew (he) שמאל (רוח)		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 "Shamal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Portuguese (pt) Shamal		215
2	Russian (ru) Шамаль		199
3	English (en) Shamal (wind)		68
4	Serbian (sr) Шамал		61
5	Chinese (zh) 夏马风		34
6	Persian (fa) شمال (باد)		27
7	Arabic (ar) ريح الشمال		16
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Shamal		13
9	German (de) Schamal (Wind)		9
10	French (fr) Chammal		9

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ريح الشمال
ca	Catalan Xamal (vent)
de	German Schamal (Wind)
el	Greek Σαμάλ (άνεμος)
en	English Shamal (wind)
es	Spanish Shamal (viento)
fa	Persian شمال (باد)
fi	Finnish Shamal (tuuli)
fr	French Chammal
he	Hebrew שמאל (רוח)
hr	Croatian Šamal
it	Italian Shamal (vento)
ja	Japanese シャマール
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Shamal
pl	Polish Szamal
pt	Portuguese Shamal
ru	Russian Шамаль
sh	Serbo-Croatian Šamal
sl	Slovenian Šamal (veter)
sr	Serbian Шамал
uk	Ukrainian Шамаль (вітер)
zh	Chinese 夏马风

Best Rank

Norwegian (Nynorsk): #4737 08.2024

Global: #261586 05.2013

Best Rank

Norwegian (Nynorsk): #1247 12.2023

Global: #22533 08.2011

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