Cartagena or Carthagena may refer to:

Places

Chile

Cartagena, Chile Cartagena is a Chilean commune located in the San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of . History In the seventeenth century the area surrounding the town became a major producer of wheat, which was shipped to Peru a ...

, a commune in Valparaíso Region

Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena ( , also ), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, bordering the Caribbean sea. Cartagena's past role as a link ...

, a city in the Bolívar Department, the largest city with this name **

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena ( la, Carthaginsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Cartagena in Colombia.Cartagena Province Cartagena Province ( es, Provincia de Cartagena), also called ''Gobierno de Cartagena'' (Government of Cartagena) during the Spanish imperial era, was an administrative and territorial division of New Granada in the Viceroyalty of Peru. It was or ...

, a historical province that was part of the Republic of Gran Colombia, of which the eponymous city was the capital **

Cartagena Refinery The Cartagena Refinery is an oil refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. It is operated by Refineria de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar), a subsidiary of Ecopetrol. History The refinery was built by Intercol in 1956 and purchased by Ecopetrol in 1976. Techn ...

, an oil refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. It is operated by Refineria de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar), a subsidiary of Ecopetrol *

Cartagena del Chairá Cartagena del Chairá () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caquetá. The town gained notoriety during the failed FARC-Government peace process (1999-2002) between the Government of Colombia and the guerrilla group Revolut ...

, a town and municipality in the department of Caquetá

Spain

Cartagena, Spain Cartagena () is a Spanish city and a major naval station on the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Iberia. As of January 2018, it has a population of 218,943 inhabitants, being the region's second-largest municipality and the country's sixth-lar ...

, a city in the Region of Murcia **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena The Diocese of Cartagena ( la, Carthaginen(sis) in Hispania) is the diocese of the city of Cartagena in the Ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain.Campo de Cartagena Campo de Cartagena, is a natural region (comarca) located in the Region of Murcia, in Spain. For administrative purposes, it is also known, as Comarca del Campo de Cartagena or Comarca de Cartagena. It is located in the southeast of the Iberian ...

, a comarca in the Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain

United States

* Carthagena, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio

People

* Alfonso de Cartagena (1384–1456), Jewish-Spanish Catholic bishop, diplomat, historian and writer * Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 1959), a Salvadorian politician, president starting 2009 *

Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena was a ''licenciado'' and Spanish colonial administrator in Peru. He was president of the '' Audiencia'' of Lima at the death of Viceroy Martín Enríquez de Almanza Martín Enríquez de Almanza y Ulloa, (died c ...

(1583–1584), Spanish colonial administrator in Peru *

Fulgentius of Cartagena Fulgentius of Cartagena ( es, San Fulgencio de Cartagena), born in Cartagena (Spain), Cartagena in the 6th century and died in 630, was Bishop of Ecija (Astigi), in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal). Biograp ...

(6th century–630), a Spanish Catholic bishop *

José N. Gándara Cartagena José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

(1907–1954), a Puerto Rican physician and public servant * Joseph Cartagena or Fat Joe (born 1970), an American rapper * Juan de Cartagena (died c. 1520), Spanish accountant, captain of the ''San Antonio'' during Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation *

Juan José Cartagena Juan José Cartagena (c. 1815 – c. 1895) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from April 1876 to 4 July 1879, and again from February 1881 to October 1881. First mayoral term (1876) During the first of his mayoral terms, Cartagena was mayor ...

(1876–1881), Puerto Rican mayor *

Miguel Cartagena Miguel Cartagena (born July 5, 1992) is a Puerto Rican-American professional boxer. Amateur career In 2009, a 16-year-old Cartagena won both the United States national amateur boxing light flyweight champions, U.S. National Championship and the ...

(born 1992), Puerto Rican-American boxer *

Modesto Cartagena Sergeant First Class Modesto Cartagena (July 21, 1921 – March 2, 2010) was a member of the United States Army who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment, a military regiment consisting of Puerto Rican enlisted soldiers and officers from the conti ...

(1921–2010), highly decorated Puerto Rican soldier *

Nicolás Nogueras Cartagena Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

(born 1935), a Puerto Rican politician and commentator *

Raúl Gándara Cartagena Raúl Gándara Cartagena (1910–1989) was fire chief in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and the first and longest-serving Commonwealth of Puerto Rico fire chief. He served from 1942 to 1972. Public service Gándara Cartagena was born in Ponce, Puerto Ri ...

(1895–1989), Puerto Rican fire chief * Teresa de Cartagena (born c. 1420), Spanish nun and author *

Victoria Cartagena Victoria Luz Cartagena is an American theater, film, and television actress. Cartagena is known for her role as Zoe Lopez in ''The Bedford Diaries'', and for portraying Renee Montoya as series regular in the first season of '' Gotham'' and the t ...

(born 1985), American actress

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''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'' (novel), a 2015 novel by Claudia Amengual *

Cartagena Film Festival The Cartagena Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short ...

, in Cartagena, Colombia *Neo Cartagena, a fictitious lunar city in ''

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam , is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN (Japanese TV), ANN stations). It is the ...

'' that developed mobile armors for the Zanscare Empire

Historical events

* Battle of Cartagena (209 BC), a battle in what is now Cartagena, Spain * Battle of Cartagena (461), a naval battle off what is now Cartagena, Spain * Battle of Cartagena (1643), a naval battle off Cartagena, Spain *

Raid on Cartagena (1697) The Raid on Cartagena de Indias was a successful attack by the French on the fortified city of Cartagena de Indias, on May 6, 1697, as part of the War of the Grand Alliance. Background By 1695, the French Navy had declined to the point that i ...

, 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 The Cartagena uprising took place 4–7 March 1939 during the Spanish Civil War. The troop transport was sunk during the revolt. Background After the fall of Catalonia in February 1939, the military situation of the Republic was hopeless. Th ...

, a 1939 (Spanish Civil War) uprising in Cartagena, Spain

Sports teams

Cartagena CF Cartagena Club de Fútbol was a football club based in Cartagena, Region of Murcia. The club played 7 seasons in Segunda División. Cartagena CF disappeared at the end of the 1951–52 season for not paying its players. Immediately after Cartag ...

, a football club based in Cartagena, Spain *

Cartagena FC Cartagena Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the autonomous community of Murcia. They were formerly called UD Cartagenera. Founded in 1940, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 13, holding home games at ' ...

, a football club based in Cartagena, Spain * FC Cartagena, a football club based in Cartagena, Spain * FS Cartagena, a futsal club based in Cartagena, Spain *

Real Cartagena Real Cartagena is a professional Colombian football team based in Cartagena, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Jaime Morón León stadium. History The origins of Real Cartagena date back to 197 ...

, a football club based in Cartagena, Colombia

Other uses

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement on biosafety as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) effective since 2003. The Biosafety Protocol seeks to prote ...

, an international agreement on biosafety, as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity * Cartagena (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 7 * Cartagena (Mexibús), a BRT station in Tultitlán, Mexico