Vital articles is a list of subjects for which Wikipedia should have corresponding high-quality articles. It serves as a centralized watchlist to track the status of Wikipedia's most essential articles. This is one of eleven Level 4 sub-lists of ten thousand articles and is currently under construction.
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Former featured articles
A-class articles
Good articles
Delisted good articles
Failed good article nominees
B-class articles
C-class articles
Start-class articles
Stub-class articles
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Total 1,208 articles.
| Class | #Articles |
|---|---|
| 21 | |
| 44 | |
| 534 | |
| 526 | |
| 50 | |
| 82 | |
| 83 |
Geography
This section contains 1208 articles.
- See also: Earth science.
Basics
This section contains 44 articles.
Basics: GeneralThis section contains 8 articles. ContinentsThis section contains 10 articles. |
CartographyThis section contains 16 articles. |
EarthThis section contains 10 articles.
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Physical geography
This section contains 392 articles.
Bodies of water
This section contains 185 articles.
Oceans and seas
This section contains 55 articles.
Straits
This section contains 20 articles.
Lakes
This section contains 38 articles.
AfricaThis section contains 10 articles. EuropeThis section contains 3 articles. |
North AmericaThis section contains 10 articles. South AmericaThis section contains 2 articles. |
AsiaThis section contains 11 articles. AntarcticaThis section contains 1 article. OceaniaThis section contains 1 article.
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Rivers
This section contains 63 articles.
AsiaThis section contains 25 articles. |
North AmericaThis section contains 9 articles. South AmericaThis section contains 9 articles. |
AfricaThis section contains 10 articles. EuropeThis section contains 9 articles. OceaniaThis section contains 1 article.
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Canals
This section contains 7 articles.
Shipping routes
This section contains 2 articles.
Other hydrologic features
This section contains 11 articles.
WaterfallsThis section contains 4 articles. |
SeabedThis section contains 3 articles. WetlandsThis section contains 1 article. |
GlaciersThis section contains 2 articles. AquifersThis section contains 1 article.
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Islands
This section contains 75 articles.
AfricaThis section contains 5 articles. North AmericaThis section contains 15 articles. CaribbeanThis section contains 8 articles. South AmericaThis section contains 5 articles. |
AsiaThis section contains 24 articles. AntarcticaThis section contains 1 article. |
EuropeThis section contains 15 articles. OceaniaThis section contains 10 articles.
New ZealandThis section contains 2 articles.
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Peninsulas
This section contains 16 articles.
AfricaThis section contains 2 articles. North AmericaThis section contains 2 articles. South AmericaThis section contains 1 article. |
AsiaThis section contains 7 articles. |
EuropeThis section contains 3 articles. AntarcticaThis section contains 1 article.
|
Land relief
This section contains 52 articles.
Land relief: GeneralThis section contains 2 articles. North AmericaThis section contains 7 articles. South AmericaThis section contains 7 articles. AntarcticaThis section contains 1 article. |
AsiaThis section contains 16 articles. Southern AsiaThis section contains 5 articles. Western AsiaThis section contains 4 articles. Eastern AsiaThis section contains 4 articles. Central and Northern AsiaThis section contains 3 articles. |
EuropeThis section contains 8 articles. AfricaThis section contains 7 articles. OceaniaThis section contains 4 articles.
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Mountain peaks
This section contains 22 articles.
AfricaThis section contains 2 articles. AsiaThis section contains 7 articles. |
North AmericaThis section contains 3 articles. South AmericaThis section contains 1 article. OceaniaThis section contains 3 articles. |
EuropeThis section contains 5 articles. AntarcticaThis section contains 1 article.
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Deserts
This section contains 10 articles.
Forests
This section contains 3 articles.
Parks and preserves
This section contains 18 articles.
Parks and preserves: GeneralThis section contains 3 articles. AfricaThis section contains 4 articles. AsiaThis section contains 1 article. |
North AmericaThis section contains 6 articles.
South AmericaThis section contains 1 article. |
EuropeThis section contains 1 article. OceaniaThis section contains 2 articles.
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Countries and other regions
This section contains 320 articles.
Countries
This section contains 207 articles.
Africa
This section contains 54 articles.
North AfricaThis section contains 6 articles. Southern AfricaThis section contains 5 articles. Central AfricaThis section contains 9 articles. |
East AfricaThis section contains 18 articles. |
West AfricaThis section contains 16 articles. |
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Asia
This section contains 47 articles.
East AsiaThis section contains 5 articles. Southeast AsiaThis section contains 11 articles. |
Central AsiaThis section contains 5 articles. South AsiaThis section contains 8 articles. |
West AsiaThis section contains 18 articles. |
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Europe
This section contains 44 articles.
Northern EuropeThis section contains 10 articles. Western EuropeThis section contains 9 articles. |
Southern EuropeThis section contains 15 articles. |
Eastern EuropeThis section contains 10 articles. |
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North America
This section contains 23 articles.
Northern AmericaThis section contains 3 articles. Central AmericaThis section contains 7 articles. |
CaribbeanThis section contains 13 articles.
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Oceania
This section contains 14 articles.
Australia and New ZealandThis section contains 2 articles. PolynesiaThis section contains 3 articles. |
MicronesiaThis section contains 5 articles. |
MelanesiaThis section contains 4 articles.
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South America
This section contains 12 articles.
Unrecognized or largely unrecognized states, and disputed regions
This section contains 12 articles.
AfricaThis section contains 3 articles. |
AsiaThis section contains 5 articles. |
EuropeThis section contains 2 articles. OceaniaThis section contains 2 articles. |
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State-like entities
This section contains 1 article.
Regions and country subdivisions
This section contains 113 articles.
Regions and country subdivisions: GeneralThis section contains 5 articles. Cultural spheresThis section contains 3 articles. AfricaThis section contains 6 articles. AmericasThis section contains 21 articles. BrazilThis section contains 2 articles. CanadaThis section contains 2 articles. United StatesThis section contains 11 articles.
OceaniaThis section contains 3 articles. |
AsiaThis section contains 46 articles.
ChinaThis section contains 16 articles. IndiaThis section contains 9 articles. IndonesiaThis section contains 2 articles. Middle EastThis section contains 6 articles. PakistanThis section contains 3 articles. |
EuropeThis section contains 29 articles. Europe: GeneralThis section contains 1 article. BelgiumThis section contains 2 articles. Eastern EuropeThis section contains 2 articles. FranceThis section contains 2 articles. GermanyThis section contains 1 article. ItalyThis section contains 1 article. Northern EuropeThis section contains 1 article. RomaniaThis section contains 3 articles. RussiaThis section contains 7 articles. SpainThis section contains 4 articles. United KingdomThis section contains 5 articles.
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Cities
This section contains 452 articles.
Urban studies and planning
This section contains 19 articles.
Africa
This section contains 70 articles.
Northern Africa
This section contains 18 articles.
Algiers
Benghazi
Casablanca
Constantine, Algeria
Fez, Morocco
Khartoum
Marrakesh
Oran
Rabat
Tripoli, Libya
Tunis
Egypt
This section contains 6 articles.
Central Africa
This section contains 6 articles.
Eastern Africa
This section contains 15 articles.
Southern Africa
This section contains 7 articles.
South Africa
This section contains 5 articles.
Western Africa
This section contains 24 articles.
Abidjan
Accra
Bamako
Conakry
Cotonou
Dakar
Douala
Freetown
Kumasi
Monrovia
N'Djamena
Niamey
Nouakchott
Ouagadougou
Yaoundé
Nigeria
This section contains 9 articles.
Americas
This section contains 86 articles.
North America
This section contains 41 articles.
Canada
This section contains 5 articles.
Mexico
This section contains 9 articles.
United States
This section contains 27 articles.
Central America and Caribbean
This section contains 11 articles.
South America
This section contains 34 articles.
Arequipa
Asunción
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Córdoba, Argentina
Cusco
Guayaquil
La Paz
Lima
Maracaibo
Montevideo
Quito
Rosario
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santiago
Valencia, Venezuela
Valparaíso
Brazil
This section contains 12 articles.
Colombia
This section contains 5 articles.
Asia
This section contains 178 articles.
Central Asia
This section contains 4 articles.
Eastern Asia
This section contains 55 articles.
China
This section contains 36 articles.
Beijing (Level 3)
Changchun
Changsha
Chengdu
Chongqing
Dalian
Fuzhou
Guangzhou
Hangzhou
Harbin
Hefei
Hong Kong (Level 3)
Jinan
Kunming
Lanzhou
Lhasa
Luoyang
Macau
Nanchang
Nanjing
Nanning
Ningbo
Qingdao
Quanzhou
Shanghai
Shenyang
Shenzhen
Shijiazhuang
Suzhou
Taiyuan
Tianjin
Ürümqi
Wuhan
Xi'an
Xiamen
Zhengzhou
Japan
This section contains 10 articles.
Southern Asia
This section contains 51 articles.
India
This section contains 34 articles.
Agra
Amritsar
Ahmedabad
Bengaluru
Bhopal
Bhubaneswar
Chandigarh
Chennai
Coimbatore
Delhi (Level 3)
Guwahati
Hyderabad
Indore
Jaipur
Jodhpur
Kanpur
Kolkata
Lucknow
Ludhiana
Madurai
Mumbai (Level 3)
Mysore
Nagpur
Patna
Pune
Prayagraj
Raipur
Ranchi
Srinagar
Surat
Thiruvananthapuram
Vadodara
Varanasi
Visakhapatnam
Pakistan
This section contains 9 articles.
Southeast Asia
This section contains 28 articles.
Bangkok (Level 3)
Cebu City
Chiang Mai
Davao City
Johor Bahru
Kuala Lumpur
Mandalay
Manila
Phnom Penh
Vientiane
Yangon
Indonesia
This section contains 10 articles.
Vietnam
This section contains 6 articles.
Western Asia
This section contains 40 articles.
Abu Dhabi
Aden
Aleppo
Amman
Baghdad
Baku
Basra
Beirut
Damascus
Doha
Dubai
Erbil
Jeddah
Jerusalem (Level 3)
Kuwait City
Mecca (Level 3)
Medina
Mosul
Muscat
Riyadh
Sanaa
Tbilisi
Tel Aviv
Tyre, Lebanon
Yerevan
Iran
This section contains 8 articles.
Turkey
This section contains 7 articles.
Europe and Russia
This section contains 93 articles.
Central and Eastern Europe
This section contains 34 articles.
Poland
This section contains 6 articles.
Russia
This section contains 13 articles.
Ukraine
This section contains 6 articles.
Northern Europe
This section contains 7 articles.
Western Europe
This section contains 35 articles.
France
This section contains 8 articles.
Germany
This section contains 9 articles.
United Kingdom
This section contains 9 articles.
Southern Europe
This section contains 17 articles.
Italy
This section contains 9 articles.
Spain
This section contains 5 articles.
Oceania
This section contains 6 articles.