About Cartagena
Cartagena is a city in Murcia, Spain with a population of 213,943. It is the 25th largest of the 544 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Spain, and the 2,693rd largest worldwide. It lies 391 km from Madrid.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 25
Coordinates
37.602, -0.984
Record updated
25 July 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 544 in SpainClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.