Cities

Cartagena

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Cartagena." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/cartagena.

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Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Cartagena. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/cartagena

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-cartagena,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Cartagena},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/cartagena},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Cartagena, known since the imperial era as Cartagena de Indias, is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean Sea.

Facts

Population

914,552 1

Area (sq km)

83.2 1

Founding Year

1533 1

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Elevation (m)

2 1

Latitude

10.4 degrees north 1

Longitude

75.5 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Colombia

Source Cartagena (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Sources

1. Cartagena (Wikipedia)

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Cartagena ([/ˌkɑːrtəˈhɛnə/] KAR-tə-HEN-ə), known since the imperial era as Cartagena de Indias (Spanish: [kaɾtaˈxena ðe ˈindjas]), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean Sea.

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