Central Treaty Organization

Military alliance involving Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and the United Kingdom (1955-1979)
Organization organization Q379850
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Central Treaty Organization

Summary

Central Treaty Organization is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Central Treaty Organization's video is recorded as 1958-01-30 Baghdad pact.ogv[3].
  • Central Treaty Organization's instance of is recorded as organization[4].
  • Central Treaty Organization's instance of is recorded as military alliance[5].
  • Central Treaty Organization's flag image is recorded as Flag of CENTO.svg[6].
  • Central Treaty Organization's headquarters location is recorded as Baghdad[7].
  • Central Treaty Organization's headquarters location is recorded as Ankara[8].
  • Central Treaty Organization's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 122548862[9].
  • Central Treaty Organization's GND ID is recorded as 4276187-6[10].
  • Central Treaty Organization's locator map image is recorded as Cento zoom.svg[11].
  • Central Treaty Organization's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79065981[12].
  • Central Treaty Organization's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85010957[13].
  • Central Treaty Organization's Commons category is recorded as Baghdad Pact[14].
  • Central Treaty Organization's has part is recorded as Pakistan[15].
  • Central Treaty Organization's has part is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • Central Treaty Organization's has part is recorded as Iraq[17].
  • Central Treaty Organization's has part is recorded as Iran[18].
  • Central Treaty Organization's has part is recorded as Turkey[19].
  • +1955-02-24T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Central Treaty Organization[20].
  • Central Treaty Organization was dissolved in +1979-03-16T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Central Treaty Organization's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bh_n[22].
  • Central Treaty Organization's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0006680[23].
  • Central Treaty Organization's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[24].
  • Central Treaty Organization's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Central-Treaty-Organization[25].
  • Central Treaty Organization's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CENTO'}[26].
  • Central Treaty Organization's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'СЕНТО'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1955-02-24T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Central Treaty Organization[20].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CENTO'}[26], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'СЕНТО'}[27], and {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'SENTO'}[28].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Baghdad[7], a big city[29], in Iraq[30], founded in 0762[31] and Ankara[8], a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[32], in Turkey[33].

Dissolution

Central Treaty Organization was dissolved in +1979-03-16T00:00:00Z[21].

Why It Matters

Central Treaty Organization ranks in the top 3% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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