List of Wikimedia chapters

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Wikimedia chapters are national or sub-national not-for-profit organizations created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects locally, by members of the movement. Chapters are legally independent of the Wikimedia Foundation, entering into an agreement with the foundation following acceptance by the Affiliations Committee (formerly known as "Chapters Committee"), and have no control over Foundation websites. They organize regional conferences, outreach, and global events such as Wikimania. [1] [2]

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Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) is the oldest chapter, holding its first meeting in 2004. As of 2016, it had a budget of €20 million. [3] [4] Some chapters such as WMDE get some of their funds directly from grants and supporting memberships. Some others get their funds primarily from annual plan grants from WMF. As of 2019, roughly 10% of the WMF budget is distributed in this way to chapters and thematic organizations. [5] As of August 2019 there were 40 recognized Wikimedia chapters in 38 countries. [6] [7]

List of chapters

National

AreaArticle [lower-alpha 1] URLSince
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Wikimedia Argentina  [ es ] wikimedia.org.ar September 1, 2007
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Վիքիմեդիա Հայաստան  [ hy ] wikimedia.am March 26, 2013
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Wikimedia Australia wikimedia.org.au March 1, 2008
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Wikimedia Österreich  [ de ] wikimedia.at February 26, 2008
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Wikimedia Bangladesh  [ en; bn; sat ] wikimedia.org.bd October 3, 2011
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Wikimedia Belgium  [ fr; nl ] wikimedia.be October 8, 2014
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Wikimedia Canada / Wikimédia Canada  [ fr ] wikimedia.ca May 24, 2011
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Wikimedia Chile  [ es ] wikimedia.cl July 16, 2011
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Wikimedia Colombia  [ es ] co.wikimedia.org June 14, 2019
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Wikimedia Česká republika  [ cs ] wikimedia.cz March 6, 2008
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Wikimedia Danmark wikimedia.dk July 3, 2009
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Wikimedia Eesti  [ et; fiu-vro ] et.wikimedia.org August 31, 2010
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Wikimedia Suomi  [ fi ] fi.wikimedia.org September 21, 2009
Flag of France.svg  France Wikimédia France  [ fr ] wikimedia.fr October 23, 2004
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Wikimedia Deutschland  [ en; de ] wikimedia.de June 13, 2004
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Wikimédia Magyarország  [ hu ] wikimedia.hu September 27, 2008
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Wikimedia Indonesia  [ id; jv; gor ] wikimedia.or.id October 7, 2008
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Wikimedia Israel  [ en; he ] wikimedia.org.il June 26, 2007
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Wikimedia Italia  [ it ] wikimedia.it June 17, 2005
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Wikimedia México  [ es ] mx.wikimedia.org August 3, 2011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Wikimedia Nederland  [ nl ] nl.wikimedia.org March 27, 2006
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Wikimedia Norge  [ no; nn ] wikimedia.no June 23, 2007
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wikimedia Polska  [ en; pl; csb; eo ] pl.wikimedia.org November 18, 2005
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Wikimedia Portugal  [ pt ] pt.wikimedia.org July 3, 2009
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Wikimedia Serbia  [ sr ] rs.wikimedia.org December 3, 2005 [lower-alpha 2]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Wikimedia South Africa  [ af ] wmza.org February 27, 2012
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 위키미디어 한국  [ ko ] kr.wikimedia.org April 24, 2019
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Wikimedia España  [ es ] wikimedia.es February 7, 2011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Wikimedia Sverige  [ sv ] wikimedia.se December 11, 2007
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Wikimedia CH  [ de; fr; it ] wikimedia.ch May 14, 2006
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 台灣維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Taiwan  [ zh ] wikimedia.tw July 4, 2007
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Wikimedia Thailand [8] N/AJune 14, 2019
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Вікімедіа Україна  [ en; uk ] ua.wikimedia.org July 3, 2009
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Wikimedia UK  [ en; cy ] wikimedia.org.uk January 12, 2009
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Wikimedia Uruguay  [ es ] wikimedia.uy July 12, 2013 [9]
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Wikimedia Venezuela  [ es ] wikimedia.org.ve October 4, 2011

Subnational

Flag of New York City.svg  New York City Wikimedia New York City nyc.wikimedia.org January 12, 2009
Flag of Washington, D.C.svg  Washington, D.C. Wikimedia District of Columbia wikimediadc.org September 12, 2011

Former

AreaTitleURLPeriod
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 香港維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Hong Kong  [ zh-yue; zh ] wikimedia.hk 2008–2017 [10]
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 澳門維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Macau  [ zh ] wikimedia.org.mo April 24, 2011 – 2017
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Викимедија Македонија mk.wikimedia.org September 21, 2009 – 2017
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Wikimedia Philippines wikimedia.org.ph 2010 – 2017 [11]
Flag of India.svg  India Wikimedia India wikimedia.in 2011 – 2019 [12]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Викимедиа РУ  [ en; ru ] ru.wikimedia.org May 24, 2008 – 2023

Notes

  1. The links go to the articles on Meta Wikimedia (the central wiki for coordinating across projects); extra links will also appear, if they exist, to articles on the English-language and respective language Wikipedias, in that order. Therefore, most of these links will not lead to encyclopedic pages aimed at the typical reader, and might even assume the reader is already a contributor.
  2. Originally "Wikimedia Serbia and Montenegro" until June 2006.

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