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tango

Argentinian-Uruguayan partner dance
Intangible type_of_dance Q338450
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Summary

tango is a type of dance[1]. tango ranks in the top 2% of type of dance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,359 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: partner dance[3], social dance[4]
  • Commons category: Tango (dance)[5]
  • Country of origin: Río de la Plata[6], Uruguay[7], Argentina[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1905[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tango[10]
  • Described at URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00258[11], https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00258[12], https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00258[13]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Tango[14]
  • Native label: tango[15]
  • Different from: ballroom tango[16], tango[17]
  • History of topic: history of the tango[18]
  • Practiced by: tango dancer[19]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[20], Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial del Uruguay[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22], Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - Danças, festivais e músicas[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[24]

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Influence

Things named for tango include Black Knights' Tango[25], a chess opening[26].

Why It Matters

tango has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] tango is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for tango include Black Knights' Tango[25], a chess opening[26].

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] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . impo.com.uy. Retrieved . impo.com.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . 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. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Jotamide · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Tango
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007558430305171
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Tango dance"
  2. 9w ago · ~2026-44358-27 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007558430305171
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007558430305171"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → R7oJZ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0351464-tango-tanec
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0351464-tango-tanec, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  5. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 725, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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