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Cartagena
(kär′tə hā′nə, -tə jē′-)
- seaport in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: pop. 688,000
- seaport in Murcia, SE Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 167,000
See Cartagena in American Heritage Dictionary 4
- A city of northwest Colombia on the Bay of Cartagena, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Founded in 1533, Cartagena was once the richest port on the Spanish Main. Population: 871,000.
- A city of southeast Spain on the Mediterranean Sea south-southeast of Murcia. It was settled c. 225 B.C. and soon became the chief Carthaginian sea base in Spain. Population: 207,000.
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