Roquetas de Mar

Roquetas de Mar
Roquetas de Mar
Municipality
	The Old Lighthouse
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	Roquetas de Mar Location of Roquetas de Mar Roquetas de Mar Roquetas de Mar (Andalusia) Roquetas de Mar Roquetas de Mar (Spain)
	Coordinates: 36°45′51″N 2°36′53″W / 36.76417°N 2.61472°W
Country	Spain
Region	Andalusia
Province	Almería
Comarca	Poniente Almeriense
Municipality	Roquetas de Mar
Government
• Mayor	Gabriel Amat Ayllón (PPA)
Area
• Total	60 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	85,886
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	aytoroquetas.org

Roquetas de Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈketas de maɾ]) is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalucía, Spain.^[1] In 2016, the population was 91,965, the municipality with the second highest population in the province behind the capital, the 14th in Andalucía and the 69th in Spain.

Tourism

The 'urbanización' (tourist area with hotels and restaurants and shops) of Roquetas is predominantly a Spanish holiday resort for the majority of the summer months, but it also receives many visitors from the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany.

Roquetas de Mar is one of the two major resorts in Costa de Almería, the other being Mojácar. With its vast beaches and the fact that Roquetas does not attract the sheer number of tourists as some of the other resorts, there is plenty of room to lounge around and sunbathe, or to take a leisurely swim, without the problems of overcrowding seen on many Spanish beach resorts.

Roquetas de Mar has many facilities including hotels, restaurants, tapas bars, a bull ring, an auditorium and a language school.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1999	42,333	—
2000	44,370	+4.8%
2001	47,570	+7.2%
2002	50,954	+7.1%
2003	53,815	+5.6%
2004	58,519	+8.7%
2005	65,886	+12.6%
Source: INE (Spain)

Roquetas de Mar is the second most populous municipality in the province of Almería behind its capital. The 2016 municipal census counted 91,956 inhabitants, 47,636 of which were men and 42,215 of which were women.^[2] The population density is 1532.75/km².