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Roquetes.
Municipality in Andalusia, Spain
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. It is one of the two major resorts in Costa de Almería, the other being Mojácar.
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% |
| 2006 |
71,740 |
+8.9% |
| 2007 |
71,279 |
−0.6% |
| 2008 |
77,423 |
+8.6% |
| 2009 |
82,665 |
+6.8% |
| 2010 |
85,808 |
+3.8% |
| 2011 |
89,851 |
+4.7% |
| 2012 |
90,358 |
+0.6% |
| 2013 |
87,868 |
−2.8% |
| 2014 |
91,682 |
+4.3% |
| 2015 |
90,623 |
−1.2% |
| 2016 |
91,965 |
+1.5% |
| 2017 |
93,363 |
+1.5% |
| 2018 |
94,925 |
+1.7% |
| Source: INE (Spain) |
Roquetas de Mar is the second most populous municipality in the province of Almería behind its capital. The 2018 padron data counted 94,956 inhabitants, 49,038 of which were men and 45,887 of which were women.[2] The population density is 1600/km².
Gallery
A street in Roquetas de Mar
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Nocturnal beach at Roquetas de Mar
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References
- ^ McFee, James (31 July 2017). City Maps Roquetas de Mar Spain. Soffer Publishing. p. 24..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:”\”””\”””‘””‘”}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
- ^ www.ine.es (in Spanish) http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2857). Retrieved 2019-01-26.
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