Cartagena
city in Bolívar Department, Colombia
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Cartagena is a municipality of Colombia[1]. Cartagena ranks in the top 0.39% of municipality of colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,115 views/month, #4 of 1,026).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: League of Historical Cities[3], Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bolívar Department[5]
- Country: Colombia[6], Venezuela[7]
- Instance of: city in Colombia[8], big city[9]
- Shares border with: Santa Catalina[10], Clemencia[11], Santa Rosa[12], Turbaco[13], Turbaná[14], San Onofre[15]
- Founder: Pedro de Heredia[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Nice[17], San Francisco de Campeche[18], San Juan[19], Cádiz[20], Manila[21], Seville[22], Santiago de Cuba[23], Bogotá[24], Fez[25], Cartagena[26], Callao[27]
- Legislative body: district council of Cartagena de Indias[28]
- Executive body: office of the mayor of Cartagena[29]
- Postal code: 130000[30]
- Part of: list of cities in Colombia[31]
- Commons category: Cartagena, Colombia[32]
- Inception: 1533[33]
- Significant event: Siege of Cartagena[34], New Granadan Siege of Cartagena de Indias[35], Spanish Siege of Cartagena de Indias[36], Battle of Cartagena de Indias[37]
- Official website: http://www.cartagena.gov.co/[38]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cartagena, Colombia[39]
- Commons gallery: Cartagena, Colombia[40]
- Population: 973,035[41], 893,033[42], 837,552[43], 725,072[44], 554,093[45], 914,552[46], 312,520[47], 299,493[48], 123,439[49], 87,504[50], 64,322[51], 34,203[52], 29,922[53], 1,010,995[54]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Cartagena de Indias[55]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[56], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[57], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[58], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[59]
- Capital of: Bolívar Department[60]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Cartagena include Rafael Núñez International Airport[61], an international airport[62], in Colombia[63].
Why It Matters
Cartagena has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Cartagena is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Cartagena include Rafael Núñez International Airport[61], an international airport[62], in Colombia[63].