Talk:Cartagena, Spain

Errors and omissions
First, Carthago Nova is latin not punic. Second, what is new carthage in punic and does it mean new new city? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.230.5 (talk) 23:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

So nothing happened here between 209 BC and the 19th century? Sounds like an interesting place. I think the first section could be filled out a little better, or otherwise rerganized. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.127.147.7 (talk) 07:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I shall try to complete this article in a couple of days. I do not know how to insert the "works in progress" ad.

--Nanosanchez 15:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
this page has been vandalized thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia exist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.152.184.137 (talk) 13:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

according to the oxford classical dictionary it was named New Carthage by Hasdrubal, not new city. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t111.e1396&category= —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.251.141.114 (talk) 08:35, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Map showing Cartagena in Spain
Would be nice to be able to see a map that geographically illustrates where this area is with respect to Spain and the Mediterranean. This was an area of extreme strategic importance during the wars between ancient Rome and Carthage. I was redirected here after following a link to Carthego Nova, as it was named back then when it was seized by Scipio from Hasdrubal, the brother of Hannibal. eYeDEF (talk) 05:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Name in Punic
It was supposedly called "New Carthage" or "Carthago Nova" in ancient times, but since Carthage itself means "New City" in Punic what was its actual name in Punic? Some equivalent of "New New City"? PatGallacher (talk) 17:08, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The Internet, and even Wikipedia, are ambivalent on questions of the Punic language. Most authoritative sources, including almost all of the ones on-site in Cartagena, give the original Punic name of the city as Qart-hadast, which is then said to mean "New Carthage". The problem is that numerous (amateur) sources give Qart-hadasht as the name of the city of Carthage itself, and claim it means "New City", in reference to Tyre. There is apparently no actual Punic language expert at hand to resolve the dispute, probably because the language has been absolutely dead for over two millennia, and shows no signs of being picked up by anyone ever. --216.145.71.230 (talk) 10:27, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Punic was very similar to Hebrew, so this is not that obscure an issue. PatGallacher (talk) 23:37, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Name
What is the logic when entering Cartagena in the search box you are re-directed to the disambiguation page? Shouldn't entering Cartagena automatically take you to Cartagena, Spain as it is the original city with the name? There should then be a link for the disambiguation page, sort of like other articles of cities. La Fuzion ( K lo K ) 14:51, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Error in description
In the description of the flora of Cartagena, this sentence seems to be incorrect: "There are both European and African species present, especially the Iberian-African starvation only present in the southern coasts of Spain." Starvation? I am not a botanist, but I believe that the word starvation is the wrong one to use here. JohnSHicks (talk) 01:08, 26 December 2013 (UTC) Yes, there was some poor vocabulary and grammar in that section. I tried to fix it looking at the Spanish version.31.222.106.63 (talk) 11:18, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Cruiser vs cruise ship
I just changed 'cruiser' to 'cruise ship' then accidently saved the page before finishing my comments. 'Crucero' translates well enough into 'cruiser' but the term 'cruiser' in English suggests something more sinister, like warships, police cars, people just out 'cruising' in their cars. 'Cruise ship', on the other hand, fits well with the rest of the sentence. Nice article, by the way. Thanks.Amaling (talk) 23:01, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

The climate
I can't find any affirmation for the climate charts on the Internet. Your figures seem way too high for that region. Compare Almeria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.157.78.45 (talk) 20:46, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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la azohia
the village of la azohia is in cartagena. Seems to be invisible to the bookings webapages and airbnb.. several years ago julia roberts the actress bought a hous there as did leo messi soccer star.. Since then the powers that be have put la azohia into anoff the radar invisible mode just like the city in the movie black panther.dont know why but la azohia in summers is full of famous folks with no i say no paparazzi...hugh jackman javier bardem robin williams used to summer here with his dogs in the water.. anyone know about this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.139.193.163 (talk) 08:54, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

La azohia
LA azohia is located in the golf mazarron but really part of Cartagena? We spend a summer in LA azohia swimming in the sea with our dog riding horses in the sea and Julia Roberts has her summer house there .free ice cream for kids everyday everywhere .a big gesture to make tourists really happy.LA azohia is the vest summer holiday but where exactly is it ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.139.193.163 (talk) 21:36, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Answering
Yes, it is located in Perín district in Cartagena municipality. https://www.cartagena.es/barrios_diputaciones.asp --Yolanda95 (talk) 09:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)Yolanda95

Thinking about deleting district references in "Prehistory" section
I wrote "Prehistory" section in this article some time ago (months). In this section I mentioned the districts of Cartagena where some paleontholocigal sites are locates. Now I am thinking that district references may not be useful or interesting for readers in Wikipedia because they are very specific data of Cartagena. Do you think deleting district mentions is suitable or convenient?

For example:

Currently in the article: ''There is mention of the presence of individuals belonging to the genus Homo in the cave Cueva Victoria 1,300,000 years ago. This cave is located in the district Rincón de San Ginés''

If district mentions are deleted: ''There is mention of the presence of individuals belonging to the genus Homo in the cave Cueva Victoria 1,300,000 years ago. This cave is located in the south-east of the municipality.''

--Yolanda95 (talk) 09:41, 30 January 2019 (UTC)Yolanda95

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion
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"Official" name?
Carthago Nova or Nova Cathago?

Why Mid importance
Municipalities, where a similar quantity of people reside and that are not capital of a province, such as Terrassa, Sabadell, Gijón and Móstoles are considered as Mid Importance at least.

--Yolanda95 (talk) 16:48, 13 September 2020 (UTC)Yolanda95

Error in pushpin map
The pushpin map gives options of viewing the location in Spain or viewing the location in... Spain. If you compare the article for the city of Murcia it shows the location in either Spain or the province of Murcia. Unfortunately I don't know how to fix it as I don't understand how the pushpin map configuration markup works. I hope someone who does will see this and fix it. If not I may try to have a go at it later when I have time to experiment a bit. DavidConrad (talk) 18:44, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

add a translation to the motto
what does “muy noble muy leal y siempre heroico ciudad de cartagena” mean in english? Lunathedog2 (talk) 12:17, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

"Cartagena(Spain)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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