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Cartagena
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municipality in the Region of Murcia, Spain
Cartagena is a municipality located in the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It is an important Mediterranean port city with a long history of naval and commercial significance.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Cartagena
- Demonym
- cartagenera
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Region of Murcia
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 220704
- Area
- 558.08
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Mar Menor
- Capital of
- Canton of Cartagena
- Shares border with
- San Javier
- Official website
- www.cartagena.es
- Image
- Panoramica de Cartagena desde el Castillo de San Julián (27126393499) (cropped).jpg
- Dialing code
- 968
- Licence plate code
- MU
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- Commons category
- Cartagena, Spain
- twinned administrative body
- Los Alcázares
- postal code
- 30310
- topic's main category
- Category:Cartagena, Spain
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Cartagena, Spain
- Commons gallery
- Cartagena, España
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Cartagena, Spain
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cartagena, Spain
- native label
- Cartagena
- heritage designation
- bien de interés cultural
- male population
- 106951
- female population
- 107851
- different from
- Cartagena
- inception
- 0227-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Cartagena ( Spanish: [kaɾtaˈxena] ) is a city in the Region of Murcia in Spain. As of 2024, with a population of 219,235, it is the 2nd-largest city in Murcia and the 25th-largest in Spain. The city lies in a natural harbour of the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. The wider urban or metropolitan area of Cartagena, known as Campo de Cartagena, has a population of 409,586 inhabitants.
Cartagena has been inhabited for over two millennia, being founded around 227 BC by the Carthaginian military leader Hasdrubal. The city reached its peak under the Roman Empire, when it was known as Carthago Nova, capital of the province of Carthaginensis. Cartagena was briefly held by the Byzantine Empire in late antiquity, before being raided by Visigoths circa 620–625. The Islamic city rebuilt around the Concepción Hill, mentioned as Qartayânnat al-Halfa, was noted by the 11th century as a great harbor.
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