Cartagena
municipality in the Region of Murcia, Spain
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Summary
Cartagena is a municipality of Spain[1]. Cartagena ranks in the top 0.3% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,346 views/month, #17 of 5,605).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Region of Murcia[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5], Mar Menor[6]
- Head of government: Noelia Arroyo[7]
- Continent: Europe[8]
- Capital: Cartagena city[9]
- Shares border with: Mazarrón[10], Murcia[11], La Unión[12], Los Alcázares[13], Fuente Álamo de Murcia[14], San Javier[15], Torre-Pacheco[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Terni[17], Carthage[18], Ferrol[19], Cartagena[20], El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma[21], Berzocana[22], Los Alcázares[23]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Cartagena[24]
- Postal code: 30200–30299[25], 30200–30205[26], 30290[27], 30300[28], 30310[29]
- Commons category: Cartagena, Spain[30]
- Licence plate code: MU[31]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[32], UTC+02:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 968[34]
- Inception: 227 BC[35]
- Significant event: Siege of Cartagena[36]
- Official website: http://www.cartagena.es[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cartagena, Spain[38]
- Commons gallery: Cartagena, España[39]
- Population: 217,641[40], 216,655[41], 214,918[42], 214,165[43], 211,996[44], 210,376[45], 207,286[46], 208,609[47], 203,945[48], 197,665[49], 188,003[50], 183,799[51], 216,451[52], 216,301[53]
Why It Matters
Cartagena has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Cartagena is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]