| Asturian Wikipedia | |
| Url: | ast.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial: | No |
| Location: | Miami, Florida |
| Type: | Internet encyclopedia project |
| Language: | Asturian |
| Registration: | Optional |
| Owner: | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Author: | Asturian wiki community |
| Launch Date: | July 2004 |
The Asturian Wikipedia (Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese: Wikipedia n'asturianu) is the Asturian language edition of Wikipedia[1] started in July 2004. As of, the Asturian Wikipedia has articles, making it the -largest Wikipedia. It also has registered users, most of them global accounts created automatically, since the monthly active users amount to of which are administrators. It has edits. The Asturian Wikipedia ranks 16th among Wikipedias by articles per speaker population.[2]
After its foundation in July 2004, the Asturian Wikipedia reached 1,000 articles on 1 September 2004.
In 2015, Wikipedia was awarded with the Spanish Princess of Asturias Award on International Cooperation.[3] Speaking at the Asturian Parliament in Oviedo, the city that hosts the awards ceremony, Jimmy Wales praised the work of the Asturian language Wikipedia users.[4] The night of the ceremony, members of the Wikimedia Foundation held a meeting with Wikipedians from all parts of Spain, including the local Asturian community.