Cartagena

city in Bolívar Department, Colombia
Place municipality_of_colombia Q657461
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Cartagena

Summary

Cartagena is a municipality of Colombia[1]. Cartagena ranks in the top 0.39% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,102 views/month, #4 of 1,026).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cartagena was a member of League of Historical Cities[3].
  • Cartagena was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities[4].
  • Cartagena is located in Bolívar Department[5].
  • Cartagena is in the country of Colombia[6].
  • Cartagena is in the country of Venezuela[7].
  • Cartagena's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia[8].
  • Cartagena's instance of is recorded as city in Colombia[9].
  • Cartagena's instance of is recorded as big city[10].
  • Cartagena's shares border with is recorded as Santa Catalina[11].
  • Cartagena's shares border with is recorded as Clemencia[12].
  • Cartagena's shares border with is recorded as Santa Rosa[13].
  • Cartagena's shares border with is recorded as Turbaco[14].
  • Cartagena's shares border with is recorded as Turbaná[15].
  • Cartagena's shares border with is recorded as San Onofre[16].
  • Cartagena's founder is recorded as Pedro de Heredia[17].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nice[18].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Francisco de Campeche[19].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Juan[20].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cádiz[21].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Manila[22].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Seville[23].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santiago de Cuba[24].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bogotá[25].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fez[26].
  • Cartagena's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cartagena[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Colombia[6], a sovereign state[28], in Colombia[29], founded in 1810[30] and Venezuela[7], a sovereign state[31], founded in 1811[32]. Cartagena is located in Bolívar Department[5]. Cartagena is part of list of cities in Colombia[33].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+973035'}[34], {'amount': '+893033'}[35], {'amount': '+837552'}[36], {'amount': '+725072'}[37], {'amount': '+554093'}[38], and {'amount': '+914552'}[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality of Colombia[8], city in Colombia[9], and big city[10].

History and Context

1533 marks the founding of Cartagena[40].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cartagena include Rafael Núñez International Airport[41], an international airport[42], in Colombia[43].

Why It Matters

Cartagena ranks in the top 0.39% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,102 views/month, #4 of 1,026).[2] Cartagena has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Cartagena is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for Cartagena include Rafael Núñez International Airport[41], an international airport[42], in Colombia[43].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [33] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . lhc-s.org. Retrieved . lhc-s.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [4] . ovpm.org. Retrieved . ovpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [40] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . dane.gov.co. dane.gov.co. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . wikidata.org.
  30. [36] . wikidata.org.
  31. [37] . wikidata.org.
  32. [38] . wikidata.org.
  33. [39] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] . 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. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people Category:People from Cartagena, Colombia
    Country Colombia, Venezuela
    Inception +1533-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Bolívar Department
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