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tango

Argentinian-Uruguayan partner dance
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tango

Summary

tango is a type of dance[1]. tango ranks in the top 2% of type_of_dance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,488 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tango's instance of is recorded as type of dance[3].
  • tango is a type of partner dance[4].
  • tango is a type of social dance[5].
  • tango's Commons category is recorded as Tango (dance)[6].
  • tango's country of origin is recorded as Río de la Plata[7].
  • tango's country of origin is recorded as Uruguay[8].
  • tango's country of origin is recorded as Argentina[9].
  • January 1, 1905 marks the founding of tango[10].
  • tango's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tango[11].
  • tango's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00258[12].
  • tango's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00258[13].
  • tango's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00258[14].
  • tango's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Tango[15].
  • tango's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'tango'}[16].
  • tango's different from is recorded as ballroom tango[17].
  • tango's different from is recorded as tango[18].
  • tango's history of topic is recorded as history of the tango[19].
  • tango's practiced by is recorded as tango dancer[20].
  • tango's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[21].
  • tango's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial del Uruguay[22].
  • tango's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • tango's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - Danças, festivais e músicas[24].
  • tango's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[25].

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Definition and Type

tango's instance of is recorded as type of dance[3]. Recorded subclass of include partner dance[4] and social dance[5].

Origins

January 1, 1905 marks the founding of tango[10].

Influence

Things named for tango include Black Knights' Tango[26], a chess opening[27].

Why It Matters

tango ranks in the top 2% of type_of_dance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,488 views/month).[2] tango has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] tango is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for tango include Black Knights' Tango[26], a chess opening[27].

Related Entities

Argentina Carlos Gardel Uruguay

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . impo.com.uy. Retrieved . impo.com.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . 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. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    History of topic → history of the tango
    Different from → ballroom tango, tango
    Intangible cultural heritage status → Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial del Uruguay
    Country of origin → Río de la Plata, Uruguay, Argentina
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 725, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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