Talk:Cartagena, Colombia

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One important thing that the Cartagena Article misses it's the connection with "San Basilio de Palenque", the "First Free Town of the Americas". Founded by slaves that escaped Spanish control. The town is unique in its culture and language, (a by-product of its racial purity.)

More information can be found on: http://www.palenquedesanbasilio.com/files/index.asp

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Contents 1 Proper Names 2 economy and tourism 3 Cartagena has a sister city 4 Disambiguation 5 Recent tagging

[edit] Proper Names

I really didn’t like the fact that the places, neighbourhoods, and historic landmarks, which have their proper name in Spanish are being shown and translated to English. The least I’d expect would be to allocate the proper name and what it means in English. H.d.l. 06:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Many words about the Drake attack but, what about the Verno´s attack to Cartagena de Indias, the bigger disaster of the British navy in its history...the british people dont remenber it?

Yo can remember it in: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitio_de_Cartagena_de_Indias

Beauty Queens Cartagena has it's own beauty queen--it's a tourist district, isn't it?

[edit] economy and tourism

the article lacks an outline of the economy and also the importance of his tourist industry and industrialization in the past years. Im doing some research, if you would like to help me your welcome to do so.--Don Quijote's Sancho 02:52, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cartagena has a sister city

I think its Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Coral Gables, Florida is another sister city of Cartegena. The city has a Cartagena Plaza (Cartagena Circle) with one of the shoes in the middle as a symbol of the sisterhood.

[edit] Disambiguation

I've shuffled things around a little. Cartagena now redirects to Cartagena, Bolívar. There is a Cartagena (disambiguation) page, which lists the 4 cities and towns named Cartagena. Cartagena, Colombia still redirects to Cartagena, Bolívar. I made this change because Cartagena in Colombia is by far the most important of the cities and towns named Cartagena. Argyriou (talk) 21:03, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Can't agree there. I'm European (English) and over here, "Cartagena" (without qualification) means the city in Murcia. We should do the same as the es wiki and have Cartagena as a dab page or redirecting to Cartagena (disambiguation). –EdC 14:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent tagging

See the discussion at Talk:Royal Navy#Battle of Cartagena and Talk:Battle of Cartagena de Indias#Battle of Cartagena for a discussion on the accuracy and validity of the numbers related to this battle. Woodym555 11:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)