Cartagena de Indias

The metropolitan area has a population of 1,240,000, and the city proper 1,090,000 (2005 Census). It is the fifth largest urban area in Colombia.

Founded in 1533 by Spaniard Don Pedro de Heredia, and named after the port of Cartagena in Spain's Murcia region, the city was a major center of early Spanish settlement in the Americas. It experienced rapid development in the eighteenth century as the de facto capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada and as the main hub of commerce and transportation in the late viceroyalty era[citation needed].

The city is presently a center of economic activity in the caribbean region and a popular tourist destination.

Cartagena's colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

 

28 °C


Clouds, few clouds


Wind1.54 m/s
Cloudiness20 %
Temperature (min/max)28/28 °C
Pressure1008 hpa
Humidity83 %
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