South West Africa

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South West Africa

Quality:

South-West Africa - former country, a mandate of South Africa. Article “South West Africa” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “South West Africa”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 834 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 39 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 7447 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #733 in July 2021
  • Global: #2424 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #216 in January 2022
  • Global: #53208 in September 2023

There are 37 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
1English (en)
South West Africa
80.7463
2Swedish (sv)
Sydvästafrika
65.3791
3Chinese (zh)
西南非洲
54.0309
4Hebrew (he)
דרום-מערב אפריקה
52.0691
5German (de)
Südwestafrika
38.2684
6Hungarian (hu)
Délnyugat-Afrika
32.8593
7Norwegian (no)
Sørvest-Afrika
30.7128
8Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Jugozapadna Afrika
28.9493
9Catalan (ca)
Àfrica del Sud-oest
28.7896
10Danish (da)
Sydvestafrika
27.7372
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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 "South West Africa" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
South West Africa
2 170 738
2German (de)
Südwestafrika
272 031
3French (fr)
Sud-Ouest africain
170 336
4Spanish (es)
África del Sudoeste
138 138
5Russian (ru)
Юго-Западная Африка
118 428
6Polish (pl)
Afryka Południowo-Zachodnia
114 476
7Dutch (nl)
Zuidwest-Afrika
80 910
8Italian (it)
Africa del Sud-Ovest
71 167
9Chinese (zh)
西南非洲
68 193
10Portuguese (pt)
Sudoeste Africano
65 398
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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 "South West Africa" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
South West Africa
15 651
2German (de)
Südwestafrika
2 329
3Russian (ru)
Юго-Западная Африка
1 503
4French (fr)
Sud-Ouest africain
899
5Chinese (zh)
西南非洲
764
6Spanish (es)
África del Sudoeste
750
7Japanese (ja)
南西アフリカ (南アフリカ委任統治領)
658
8Italian (it)
Africa del Sud-Ovest
602
9Portuguese (pt)
Sudoeste Africano
582
10Simple English (simple)
South West Africa
515
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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 "South West Africa" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
South West Africa
237
2German (de)
Südwestafrika
89
3French (fr)
Sud-Ouest africain
70
4Dutch (nl)
Zuidwest-Afrika
42
5Spanish (es)
África del Sudoeste
36
6Russian (ru)
Юго-Западная Африка
29
7Chinese (zh)
西南非洲
29
8Japanese (ja)
南西アフリカ (南アフリカ委任統治領)
26
9Italian (it)
Africa del Sud-Ovest
25
10Polish (pl)
Afryka Południowo-Zachodnia
24
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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 "South West Africa" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Südwestafrika
2
2English (en)
South West Africa
1
3Estonian (et)
Edela-Aafrika
1
4Basque (eu)
Hego-mendebaldeko Afrika
1
5Japanese (ja)
南西アフリカ (南アフリカ委任統治領)
1
6Arabic (ar)
جنوب غرب إفريقيا
0
7Catalan (ca)
Àfrica del Sud-oest
0
8Czech (cs)
Jihozápadní Afrika
0
9Danish (da)
Sydvestafrika
0
10Esperanto (eo)
Sudokcidenta Afriko
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 "South West Africa" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
South West Africa
1 858
2German (de)
Südwestafrika
982
3French (fr)
Sud-Ouest africain
541
4Russian (ru)
Юго-Западная Африка
521
5Arabic (ar)
جنوب غرب إفريقيا
348
6Dutch (nl)
Zuidwest-Afrika
314
7Ukrainian (uk)
Південно-Західна Африка
288
8Chinese (zh)
西南非洲
279
9Polish (pl)
Afryka Południowo-Zachodnia
234
10Turkish (tr)
Güneybatı Afrika
224
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
جنوب غرب إفريقيا
caCatalan
Àfrica del Sud-oest
csCzech
Jihozápadní Afrika
daDanish
Sydvestafrika
deGerman
Südwestafrika
enEnglish
South West Africa
eoEsperanto
Sudokcidenta Afriko
esSpanish
África del Sudoeste
etEstonian
Edela-Aafrika
euBasque
Hego-mendebaldeko Afrika
faPersian
آفریقای جنوب غربی
fiFinnish
Lounais-Afrikka
frFrench
Sud-Ouest africain
heHebrew
דרום-מערב אפריקה
huHungarian
Délnyugat-Afrika
hyArmenian
Հարավարևմտյան Աֆրիկա
idIndonesian
Afrika Barat Daya
itItalian
Africa del Sud-Ovest
jaJapanese
南西アフリカ (南アフリカ委任統治領)
koKorean
남서아프리카
ltLithuanian
Pietvakarių Afrika
nlDutch
Zuidwest-Afrika
noNorwegian
Sørvest-Afrika
plPolish
Afryka Południowo-Zachodnia
ptPortuguese
Sudoeste Africano
ruRussian
Юго-Западная Африка
shSerbo-Croatian
Jugozapadna Afrika
simpleSimple English
South West Africa
srSerbian
Југозападна Африка
svSwedish
Sydvästafrika
thThai
แอฟริกาตะวันตกเฉียงใต้
trTurkish
Güneybatı Afrika
ukUkrainian
Південно-Західна Африка
urUrdu
جنوب مغربی افریقہ
uzUzbek
Janubiy-gʻarbiy Afrika
viVietnamese
Tây Nam Phi
zhChinese
西南非洲

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#216
01.2022
Global:
#53208
09.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#733
07.2021
Global:
#2424
03.2002

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 South-West Africa from Wikipedia articles about Apartheid, Union of South Africa, Namibia, German South-West Africa and Peter Thiel. Whereas reading the article about South-West Africa people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Namibia, German South-West Africa, Union of South Africa, Windhoek and Louis Pienaar.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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