Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Southern Province - province of Sri Lanka. Article “Southern Province, Sri Lanka” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Southern Province, Sri Lanka”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 357 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 25 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3844 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1852 in January 2011
• Global: #37526 in March 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #4626 in January 2024
• Global: #239753 in August 2010

There are 25 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	Indonesian (id) Provinsi Selatan, Sri Lanka		38.6846
2	Tamil (ta) தென் மாகாணம், இலங்கை		32.7573
3	English (en) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		30.4222
4	Urdu (ur) جنوبی صوبہ، سری لنکا		25.5394
5	Bulgarian (bg) Южна провинция (Шри Ланка)		24.2593
6	Dutch (nl) Zuidelijke Provincie		23.5859
7	Arabic (ar) المحافظة الجنوبية (سريلانكا)		20.3997
8	Georgian (ka) სამხრეთი პროვინცია (შრი-ლანკა)		19.4694
9	Ukrainian (uk) Південна провінція (Шрі-Ланка)		18.9521
10	French (fr) Province du Sud (Sri Lanka)		18.0902

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Southern Province, Sri Lanka" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		485 895
2	German (de) Südprovinz (Sri Lanka)		33 003
3	Russian (ru) Южная провинция (Шри-Ланка)		18 001
4	Tamil (ta) தென் மாகாணம், இலங்கை		15 863
5	Polish (pl) Prowincja Południowa (Sri Lanka)		13 848
6	Simple English (simple) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		12 748
7	Japanese (ja) 南部州 (スリランカ)		12 567
8	Chinese (zh) 南部省 (斯里蘭卡)		9 283
9	French (fr) Province du Sud (Sri Lanka)		7 562
10	Spanish (es) Provincia Sur (Sri Lanka)		6 906

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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 "Southern Province, Sri Lanka" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		2 050
2	Simple English (simple) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		80
3	German (de) Südprovinz (Sri Lanka)		68
4	Tamil (ta) தென் மாகாணம், இலங்கை		61
5	Spanish (es) Provincia Sur (Sri Lanka)		51
6	Japanese (ja) 南部州 (スリランカ)		47
7	Russian (ru) Южная провинция (Шри-Ланка)		46
8	Dutch (nl) Zuidelijke Provincie		42
9	Chinese (zh) 南部省 (斯里蘭卡)		37
10	Persian (fa) استان جنوبی (سری‌لانکا)		32

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

Language versions of the article "Southern Province, Sri Lanka" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		78
2	German (de) Südprovinz (Sri Lanka)		44
3	Tamil (ta) தென் மாகாணம், இலங்கை		24
4	Dutch (nl) Zuidelijke Provincie		23
5	Italian (it) Provincia Meridionale (Sri Lanka)		22
6	French (fr) Province du Sud (Sri Lanka)		21
7	Hindi (hi) दक्षिणी प्रान्त, श्रीलंका		21
8	Russian (ru) Южная провинция (Шри-Ланка)		20
9	Japanese (ja) 南部州 (スリランカ)		15
10	Polish (pl) Prowincja Południowa (Sri Lanka)		14

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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 "Southern Province, Sri Lanka" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Province du Sud (Sri Lanka)		2
2	Arabic (ar) المحافظة الجنوبية (سريلانكا)		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Южна провинция (Шри Ланка)		0
4	German (de) Südprovinz (Sri Lanka)		0
5	English (en) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Suda Provinco (Srilanko)		0
7	Spanish (es) Provincia Sur (Sri Lanka)		0
8	Persian (fa) استان جنوبی (سری‌لانکا)		0
9	Finnish (fi) Sri Lankan eteläinen provinssi		0
10	Hindi (hi) दक्षिणी प्रान्त, श्रीलंका		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 "Southern Province, Sri Lanka" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		2 116
2	Tamil (ta) தென் மாகாணம், இலங்கை		344
3	Persian (fa) استان جنوبی (سری‌لانکا)		328
4	Ukrainian (uk) Південна провінція (Шрі-Ланка)		123
5	Urdu (ur) جنوبی صوبہ، سری لنکا		97
6	French (fr) Province du Sud (Sri Lanka)		83
7	Swedish (sv) Southern Province, Sri Lanka		80
8	German (de) Südprovinz (Sri Lanka)		68
9	Japanese (ja) 南部州 (スリランカ)		63
10	Korean (ko) 남부주 (스리랑카)		57

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic المحافظة الجنوبية (سريلانكا)
bg	Bulgarian Южна провинция (Шри Ланка)
de	German Südprovinz (Sri Lanka)
en	English Southern Province, Sri Lanka
eo	Esperanto Suda Provinco (Srilanko)
es	Spanish Provincia Sur (Sri Lanka)
fa	Persian استان جنوبی (سری‌لانکا)
fi	Finnish Sri Lankan eteläinen provinssi
fr	French Province du Sud (Sri Lanka)
hi	Hindi दक्षिणी प्रान्त, श्रीलंका
id	Indonesian Provinsi Selatan, Sri Lanka
it	Italian Provincia Meridionale (Sri Lanka)
ja	Japanese 南部州 (スリランカ)
ka	Georgian სამხრეთი პროვინცია (შრი-ლანკა)
ko	Korean 남부주 (스리랑카)
nl	Dutch Zuidelijke Provincie
pl	Polish Prowincja Południowa (Sri Lanka)
pt	Portuguese Província do Sul (Sri Lanka)
ru	Russian Южная провинция (Шри-Ланка)
simple	Simple English Southern Province, Sri Lanka
sv	Swedish Southern Province, Sri Lanka
ta	Tamil தென் மாகாணம், இலங்கை
uk	Ukrainian Південна провінція (Шрі-Ланка)
ur	Urdu جنوبی صوبہ، سری لنکا
zh	Chinese 南部省 (斯里蘭卡)

Best Rank

Simple English: #4626 01.2024

Global: #239753 08.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #1852 01.2011

Global: #37526 03.2009

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