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Central Treaty Organization

Military alliance involving Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and the United Kingdom (1955-1979)
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Summary

Central Treaty Organization is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: military alliance[3]
  • Headquarters location: Baghdad[4], Ankara[5]
  • Commons category: Baghdad Pact[6]
  • Has part(s): Pakistan[7], United Kingdom[8], Iraq[9], Iran[10], Turkey[11]
  • Inception: February 24, 1955[12]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: March 16, 1979[13]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14]
  • Short name: CENTO[15], СЕНТО[16], SENTO[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]

Why It Matters

Central Treaty Organization has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Iran Iraq organization Pakistan Turkey United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bagdad-pact-1955
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bagdad-pact-1955, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910895|bagdad pact 1955 (#289910895)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Dissolved → —
    Has part(s) → Pakistan, United Kingdom, Iraq +2
    Inception → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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