Cartagena, Colombia

E23826

city municipality

Cartagena, Colombia is a historic Caribbean port city famed for its well-preserved colonial walled old town, vibrant culture, and role as a major tourist and cultural center in Colombia.

Aliases (5)

Cartagena ×8
Cartagena de Indias ×8
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena ×2
Cartagena de Indias, New Granada ×1
Historic Walled City of Cartagena ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
airport	Rafael Núñez International Airport →
capitalOf	Bolívar Department →
climate	tropical savanna climate →
coastline	Caribbean coast of Colombia →
continent	South America →
country	Colombia →
demonym	Cartagenero →
event	Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741) → sieges by pirates and privateers in the 16th–18th centuries →
founder	Pedro de Heredia →
foundingDate	1533-06-01 →
governedBy	Mayor of Cartagena →
hasPart	Bocagrande district → Castillo San Felipe de Barajas → Clock Tower Gate → Convento de la Popa → Getsemaní neighborhood → Historic Walled City of Cartagena →
hasUniversity	Universidad de Cartagena →
heritageDesignation	Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena →
heritageDesignationYear	1984 →
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
historicalRole	important center of the transatlantic slave trade → key port in the Spanish treasure fleet system → major Spanish colonial port →
is	one of Colombia's main tourist destinations →
knownFor	Caribbean beaches → colorful colonial architecture → vibrant Afro-Caribbean culture → well-preserved colonial walled old town →
language	Spanish →
locatedIn	Bolívar Department → Caribbean region of Colombia →
locatedOn	Caribbean Sea →
majorIndustry	petrochemicals → port services → tourism →
namedAfter	Cartagena, Spain →
officialName	Cartagena de Indias →
population	approximately 1,000,000 →
portType	major Caribbean port →
religion	predominantly Roman Catholic →
seaLevel	approximately 2 meters →
shortName	Cartagena →
timeZone	Colombia Standard Time →
tourismAttractionType	beach tourism → cultural tourism →
utcOffset	-05:00 →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Association of Caribbean States → Association of Caribbean States ("Cartagena de Indias") → CAN →	foundingLocation
Gabriel García Márquez → Sebastián de Benalcázar ("Cartagena de Indias") →	burialPlace
Colombian Caribbean region ("Cartagena") →	hasImportantTouristDestination
Caribbean Sea ("Cartagena") →	hasMajorPort
Cartagena, Colombia ("Historic Walled City of Cartagena") →	hasPart
Cartagena, Colombia ("Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena") →	heritageDesignation
Colombian Caribbean region ("Cartagena") →	includesCity
New Kingdom of Granada ("Cartagena de Indias") →	mainPort
Colombia ("Cartagena") →	majorCity
Colombian Caribbean region ("Cartagena") →	majorPortCity
Colombian real ("Cartagena de Indias") →	mintedIn
Romancing the Stone ("Cartagena") →	narrativeLocation
Cartagena, Colombia ("Cartagena de Indias") →	officialName
Sebastián de Benalcázar ("Cartagena de Indias, New Granada") →	placeOfDeath
Cartagena, Colombia ("Cartagena") →	shortName
Cartagena Agreement ("Cartagena de Indias") →	signedAt
Colombian Spanish ("Cartagena") →	spokenInCity
Seville ("Cartagena de Indias") →	twinCity
San Cristóbal de La Laguna ("Cartagena de Indias") →	twinTown
Colombia ("Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena") →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSite