Cartagena

Cartagena or Carthagena may refer to:

Places

Chile

• Cartagena, Chile, a commune in Valparaíso Region

Colombia

• Cartagena, Colombia, a city in the Bolivar Region, the largest city bearing this name
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena, an archdiocese located in the city of Cartagena in Colombia
  • Cartagena Province, a historical province that was part of the Republic of Gran Colombia, of which the eponymous city was the capital
  • Cartagena Refinery, an oil refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. It is operated by Refineria de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar), a subsidiary of Ecopetrol
• Cartagena del Chairá, a town and municipality in the department of Caquetá

Spain

• Cartagena, Spain, a city in the Region of Murcia, the original Cartagena
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena, the diocese of the city of Cartagena in the Ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain
  • Campo de Cartagena, a comarca in the Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain

United States

• Carthagena, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio
• Cartagena Plaza, a traffic circle in Coral Gables, Florida

Tunisia

• A possible orthography for the original Carthage, in Tunisia that the other cities were named after.

People

• Alfonso de Cartagena (1384–1456), Jewish-Spanish Catholic bishop, diplomat, historian and writer
• Alphonso de Cartagena (1396–1456), Spanish historian
• Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 1959), Salvadorian politician, president starting 2009
• Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena (1583–1584), a Spanish colonial administrator in Peru
• Fulgentius of Cartagena (6th century–630), Spanish Catholic bishop
• José N. Gándara Cartagena (1907–1954), Puerto Rican physician and public servant
• Joseph Cartagena or Fat Joe (born 1970), an American rapper
• Juan José Cartagena (1876–1881), Puerto Rican mayor
• Miguel Cartagena (born 1992), Puerto Rican-American boxer
• Modesto Cartagena (1921–2010), highly decorated Puerto Rican soldier
• Nicolás Nogueras Cartagena (born 1935), Puerto Rican politician, commentator
• Raúl Gándara-Cartagena (1895–1989), Puerto Rican fire chief
• Teresa de Cartagena (born c. 1420), Spanish nun and author
• Victoria Cartagena, American actress

Sports teams

• FC Cartagena, a football club based in Cartagena, Spain
• FS Cartagena, a futsal club based in Cartagena, Spain
• Cartagena CF, a football club based in Cartagena, Spain
• Cartagena FC, a football club based in Cartagena, Spain
• Real Cartagena, a football club in Cartagena, Colombia

Historical events

• Battle of Cartagena (209 BC), a battle in what is now Cartegena, Spain
• Battle of Cartagena (461), a naval battle off what is now Cartegena, Spain
• Battle of Cartagena (1643), a naval battle off Cartagena, Spain
• Raid on Cartagena (1697), a siege of Cartagena, Colombia
• Battle of Cartagena de Indias, a 1741 battle in Cartagena, Colombia
• Battle of Cartagena (1758), a naval battle Cartagena, Spain
• Cartagena Manifesto, an 1812 document written in Cartagena, Colombia
• Cartagena Uprising, a 1939 (Spanish Civil War) uprising in Cartagena, Spain

Other uses

• Cartagena (board game), a German-style board game released in 2000, that takes as its theme the legendary 1672 pirate-led jailbreak from the dreaded fortress of Cartagena
• Cartagena (film), a 2009 film
• Cartagena Film Festival, in Cartagena, Colombia
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, an international agreement on biosafety, as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Neo Cartagena, a lunar city in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam that developed mobile armors for the Zanscare Empire.
• Cartagena, a 2015 novel by Claudia Amengual

See also

• Carthage