South America
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Bolívar Department

Cartagena de Indias

Cartagena or Cartagena de Indias is a city and a world heritage site on 's Caribbean coast in the Bolívar. Founded by the Spanish in 1533, the impressive buildings from the Spanish time today make up a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Cartagena de Indias

Latitude
10.5074° or 10° 30′ 27″ north
Longitude
-75.4543° or 75° 27′ 16″ west
Population
893,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
7726GG4W+X7
Geo­Names ID
3687247
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Cartagena de Indias” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرطاجنة”
  • Basque: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Breton: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Bulgarian: “Картахена”
  • Catalan: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Chinese: “卡塔赫纳”
  • Croatian: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Danish: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Esperanto: “Kartageno”
  • French: “Carthagène des Indes”
  • Galician: “Cartaxena de Indias”
  • Georgian: “კარტახენა”
  • Hebrew: “קרטחנה”
  • Indonesian: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Italian: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Japanese: “カルタヘナ”
  • Javanese: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Korean: “카르타헤나”
  • Lithuanian: “Kartachena”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cartagena i Colombia”
  • Persian: “کارتاگنا”
  • Polish: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Portuguese: “Cartagena das Índias”
  • Romanian: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Russian: “Картахена”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Serbian: “Картахена де Индијас”
  • Spanish: “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Cartagena de Indias”
  • Thai: “การ์ตาเคนา”
  • Ukrainian: “Картагена”
  • Urdu: “کارتاخینا، کولمبیا”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cartagena de Indias”
  • Western Panjabi: “کارتاجینا”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Cartagena de Indias”. Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.