Roquetas de Mar

Roquetas de Mar, Spain
Municipality
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Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Community	Andalusia
Municipality	Almería
Government
• Mayor	Gabriel Amat Ayllón (PP)
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	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	aytoroquetas.org

Roquetas de Mar (pronounced as /ro'ketas de maɾ/) is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalucía, Spain. 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)

Gallery

File:Roques.jpg A street in Roquetas de Mar

File:Roquetas Nachtstrand fcm.jpg Nocturnal beach at Roquetas de Mar