The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, in formal visit to Antonio Berdonces Vivancos, Honorary British Consul, whose office has been established for the first time the UK government for the Region of Murcia.
The visit, as noted Berdonces departure, has been very friendly and she has spoken of establishing a close relationship between the consulate and the city to defend the interests of the citizens of that country or are resident in Cartagena as tourists.
In the county, the British colony is the third most numerous foreigners, after Morocco and Ecuador, as evidenced by the fact that on December 31, 2008, were surveyed in the 3280 municipal people of that nationality.
To this must be added the thousands of British tourists in a timely come to spend their vacation or reach the city aboard cruise ships.
In the Region of Murcia have established their residence about 19,000 British.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena