Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena of the Indies or Cartagena of the West Indies, in English) (kartaˈxena ðe ˈindjas, ˌkɑrtəˈheɪnə deɪ ˈɪndiəs or hypercorrected

Hypercorrection

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 ˌkɑrtəˈheɪnjə as if "Cartageña"), is a large Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

 in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department

Bolívar Department

Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

. The city had a population of 892,545 as of the 2005 census, making it the fifth-largest city in Colombia and giving the Cartagena urban area the status of fifth-largest urban area in Colombia.