Lost cities

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Lost cities

Quality:

Lost city - human settlement that has become extensively or completely uninhabited. Article “Lost cities” in Simple English Wikipedia has 24.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Lost cities”, its content was written by 15 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 673 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 549 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1881 in June 2013
  • Global: #511 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #2855 in July 2010
  • Global: #44782 in July 2008

There are 17 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
1Turkish (tr)
Kayıp Şehir (arkeoloji)
56.6569
2Portuguese (pt)
Cidade perdida
53.8924
3English (en)
Lost city
50.9154
4Tamil (ta)
உலகில் அழிந்து போன நகரங்கள்
41.8999
5Simple English (simple)
Lost cities
24.4843
6Spanish (es)
Ciudad desaparecida
24.4542
7Bulgarian (bg)
Изгубен град
22.9036
8French (fr)
Cité perdue
18.7299
9Romanian (ro)
Oraș pierdut
16.4945
10Indonesian (id)
Kota hilang
14.1053
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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 "Lost cities" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lost city
2 546 151
2French (fr)
Cité perdue
389 208
3Spanish (es)
Ciudad desaparecida
324 387
4Dutch (nl)
Verloren stad
22 059
5Simple English (simple)
Lost cities
10 145
6Tamil (ta)
உலகில் அழிந்து போன நகரங்கள்
4 961
7Azerbaijani (az)
İtmiş şəhərlər
4 215
8Bulgarian (bg)
Изгубен град
3 415
9Portuguese (pt)
Cidade perdida
3 219
10Esperanto (eo)
Malaperintaj urboj
2 690
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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 "Lost cities" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lost city
8 903
2French (fr)
Cité perdue
779
3Spanish (es)
Ciudad desaparecida
507
4German (de)
Stadtwüstung
246
5Portuguese (pt)
Cidade perdida
121
6Turkish (tr)
Kayıp Şehir (arkeoloji)
103
7Arabic (ar)
مدينة ضائعة
42
8Dutch (nl)
Verloren stad
40
9Indonesian (id)
Kota hilang
27
10Finnish (fi)
Kadonnut kaupunki
25
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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 "Lost cities" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lost city
413
2French (fr)
Cité perdue
109
3Spanish (es)
Ciudad desaparecida
63
4Dutch (nl)
Verloren stad
15
5Simple English (simple)
Lost cities
15
6Tamil (ta)
உலகில் அழிந்து போன நகரங்கள்
12
7Esperanto (eo)
Malaperintaj urboj
10
8Azerbaijani (az)
İtmiş şəhərlər
7
9Finnish (fi)
Kadonnut kaupunki
6
10Bulgarian (bg)
Изгубен град
5
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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 "Lost cities" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lost city
2
2German (de)
Stadtwüstung
1
3Arabic (ar)
مدينة ضائعة
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
İtmiş şəhərlər
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Изгубен град
0
6Esperanto (eo)
Malaperintaj urboj
0
7Spanish (es)
Ciudad desaparecida
0
8Finnish (fi)
Kadonnut kaupunki
0
9French (fr)
Cité perdue
0
10Armenian (hy)
Լքված բնակատեղի
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 "Lost cities" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Lost city
406
2French (fr)
Cité perdue
40
3Spanish (es)
Ciudad desaparecida
35
4German (de)
Stadtwüstung
12
5Armenian (hy)
Լքված բնակատեղի
7
6Indonesian (id)
Kota hilang
7
7Portuguese (pt)
Cidade perdida
7
8Dutch (nl)
Verloren stad
6
9Simple English (simple)
Lost cities
6
10Romanian (ro)
Oraș pierdut
5
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مدينة ضائعة
azAzerbaijani
İtmiş şəhərlər
bgBulgarian
Изгубен град
deGerman
Stadtwüstung
enEnglish
Lost city
eoEsperanto
Malaperintaj urboj
esSpanish
Ciudad desaparecida
fiFinnish
Kadonnut kaupunki
frFrench
Cité perdue
hyArmenian
Լքված բնակատեղի
idIndonesian
Kota hilang
nlDutch
Verloren stad
ptPortuguese
Cidade perdida
roRomanian
Oraș pierdut
simpleSimple English
Lost cities
taTamil
உலகில் அழிந்து போன நகரங்கள்
trTurkish
Kayıp Şehir (arkeoloji)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2855
07.2010
Global:
#44782
07.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1881
06.2013
Global:
#511
11.2001

Local popularity rank history

Local AI 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 Lost city from Wikipedia articles about Akkad, Iram of the Pillars, Lost City of Z, Ghost town and Lost land. Whereas reading the article about Lost city people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Machu Picchu, Lost City of the Kalahari, Malden Island, Ciudad Perdida and Troy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Lost cities

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