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# Cartagena

Cartagena, a city in Spain, had a population of 220,704 at the start of 2025. For Cartagena, the foreign population count was 25,207 at the start of 2024. The unemployment rate was 15.1% in 2024.

## Climate

Annual PM2.5 was 10.9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

## Mobility

Gigabit broadband availability was 95.8% in 2025.

## Facts

| Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 25,207 people | city | 2024-01-01 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] |
| Population | `population_total` | 220,704 people | city | 2025-01-01 | 2026-06-07 | aging | verified | [2] |
| Gigabit broadband availability | `broadband_gigabit_availability_percent` | 95.833 % | city | 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-15 | aging | verified | [3] |
| Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 15.1 % | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [4] |
| NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 20 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [5] |
| PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 26 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [6] |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 10.9 µg/m³ | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [7] |
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | `crime_incidents_per_100k` | 4,577.624 offences/100k | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [8] |
| Nearest airport | `nearest_airport_iata` | RMU code | city | 2026-06-13 | 2026-06-13 | fresh | verified | [9] |
| Distance to nearest airport | `nearest_airport_km` | 25.5 km | city | 2026-06-13 | 2026-06-13 | fresh | verified | [9] |

Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed.

## Sources

1. Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España. — Official source — https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?L=0&t=68537
2. Cartagena - official stats — Official source — https://www.ine.es/#index-30016
3. SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025 — Official source — https://digital.gob.es/content/dam/portal-mtdfp/avance-digital/telecomunicacion-e-infraestructuras-digitales/areas_interes/banda-ancha/cobertura/documents/Cobertura_BA_Espa%C3%B1a_2021-2025_MUN_PROV_CCAA_Nacional_datosgob_DEF.xlsx
4. INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city — Official source — https://servicios.ine.es/wstempus/js/es/DATOS_TABLA/69303
5. EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station MOMPEAN) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'ES'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'NO2'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json
6. EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station MOMPEAN) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'ES'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'PM10'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json
7. EEA City Trend — Spain 2024 PM2.5 provenance repair — Official source — https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in-depth/air-pollution/european-city-air-quality-viewer/city-trend-viewer
8. Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows — Official source — https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/sec/jaxiPx/files/_px/es/csv_bdsc/DatosBalanceAnt/l0/1409012.csv_bdsc
9. OurAirports — airports.csv — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv

## Cite

ImmigrationDB. "Cartagena, Spain." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-08-01. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/es/cartagena/

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## Data

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- Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/es/cartagena.md
- MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/es/cartagena
- Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json
- All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz
- Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json