Afrikaans Wikipedia
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Afrikaans Wikipedia is the version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia written in Afrikaans, a language spoken primarily in South Africa and Namibia. It allows speakers of Afrikaans to access and contribute to Wikipedia's collection of knowledge in their native language.
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An infographic illustrating key figures about Afrikaans Wikipedia when it was made in July 2015 and displayed at Wikimania in Mexico City. The Afrikaans Wikipedia (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Wikipedia) is the Afrikaans edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. This Wikipedia was created on 16 November 2001 and it was the 16th Wikipedia to be created, meaning among the first. In December 2016 it was the 84th largest Wikipedia by number of articles. As of 1 June 2026, it has 129,191 articles and is the 69th-largest Wikipedia.
Apart from South Africa and Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used and maintained by users in Europe, North America and Oceania.