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ranchera

genre of the traditional music of Mexico created around the XVIII century but popularized by Mexican movies all around Latin America since 1930 until now.
Intangible music_genre Q727634
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ranchera

Summary

ranchera is a music genre[1]. ranchera draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #344 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • ranchera's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • ranchera's instance of is recorded as type of musical work/composition[4].
  • ranchera's instance of is recorded as song type[5].
  • ranchera is a type of regional Mexican[6].
  • ranchera is a type of composed musical work[7].
  • ranchera's country of origin is recorded as Mexico[8].
  • January 1, 1930 marks the founding of ranchera[9].
  • ranchera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ranchera[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3], type of musical work/composition[4], and song type[5]. Recorded subclass of include regional Mexican[6] and composed musical work[7].

Origins

January 1, 1930 marks the founding of ranchera[9].

Why It Matters

ranchera draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #344 of 1,946).[2] ranchera has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] ranchera is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Chavela Vargas composed musical work Lola Flores Lucero Mexico

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ranchera_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ranchera}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ranchera}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → regional Mexican, composed musical work
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29907, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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