# Cartagena

Cartagena or Carthagena may refer to:

## Places
### Chile

* Cartagena, Chile, a commune in Valparaíso Region

### Colombia

* Cartagena, Colombia, a city in the Bolívar Department, the largest city with 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
** 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

## People

* Alfonso de Cartagena (1384–1456), Jewish-Spanish Catholic bishop, diplomat, historian and writer
* Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 1959), a Salvadoran politician, president starting 2009
* Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena (1583–1584), Spanish colonial administrator in Peru
* Fulgentius of Cartagena (6th century–630), a Spanish Catholic bishop
* José N. Gándara Cartagena (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 (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 (1935–2019), a Puerto Rican politician and commentator
* Raúl Gándara Cartagena (1895–1989), Puerto Rican fire chief
* Teresa de Cartagena (born c. 1420), Spanish nun and author
* Victoria Cartagena (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, in Cartagena, Colombia
* Neo Cartagena, a fictitious lunar city in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam 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), 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
* Siege of Cartagena (1815), a siege of Cartagena, Colombia
* Cartagena uprising, a 1939 (Spanish Civil War) uprising in Cartagena, Spain

## Sports teams

* Cartagena CF, a football club based in Cartagena, Spain
* Cartagena FC, 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, a football club based in Cartagena, Colombia

## Other uses

* Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 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