Cartagena, Colombie
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| Cartagena de Indias Cartagena o the Indies |
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| Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Top:View o Santa Cruz Manga Island, Castillo Grande, Boca Grande aurie frae Cerrodela Popa, Middle left:Reloj Tower (Torre del Reloj), Center:View o Cartagena Wall an Boca Grande business area, Middle richt:San Diego Square, Bottom:San Felipe Barajas Castle (Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas) | |||
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| Eik-name(s): The Heroic Ceety The Door o the Americas Capital of the Caribbean The Mither Ceety The Walled Ceety The Key o the Wast Indies The Fort o the Kinrick Best Fortifee'd Ceety o the Americas |
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| Coordinates: 10°24′N 75°30′W / 10.4°N 75.5°W | |||
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| Depairtment | Bolívar | ||
| Region | Caribbean | ||
| Foondation | 1 Juin 1533 bi Pedro de Heredia | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Mayor | Campo Elías Terán Dix | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Ceety | 572 km2 (220.9 sq mi) | ||
| Hicht | 1 m (3 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2006) | |||
| - Ceety | 895,400 (approx.) (Census DANE 2,005) | ||
| - Rank | Rankit 5t | ||
| - Densitie | Expression error: Unexpected ( operator./km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator./sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 1,239,430 | ||
| Demonym | Cartagenero (s) (Spainyie) | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| Aurie code(s) | (57)-(5) | ||
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| Ceety tree | Arecaceae | ||
| Ceety bird | American Crow Locally called Mariamulata | ||
| Saunt Patron(s) | Saunt Catherine an Saunt Sebastian. | ||
| Wabsteid | (Spainyie) Govrenment o Cartagena official website Tourism Office Offeecial Steid |
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Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena o the Indies or Cartagena o the Wast Indies, in Inglis) (Spainyie pronunciation: [kartaˈxena ðe ˈindjas], commonly kent as Cartageña, is a ceety on the northren coast o Colombie an caipital o the Depairtment o Bolívar. The ceety haes a population o 892,545 (2005 census). It is the fift lairgest urban aurie in Colombie, an a centre o economic activity in the Caribbean region, as well a popular tourist destination.
In 1984, Cartagena's colonial wawed ceety an fortress wur designatit a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid.
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