Roquetas de Mar | |
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Municipality | |
 The Old Lighthouse | |
 Flag  Seal | |
Location of Roquetas de Mar | |
| Coordinates: 36°45âČ51âłN 2°36âČ53âłW / 36.76417°N 2.61472°W / 36.76417; -2.61472 | |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Andalusia |
| Province |  AlmerĂa |
| Comarca | Poniente Almeriense |
| Municipality | Roquetas de Mar |
| Government | |
| âą Mayor | Gabriel Amat AyllĂłn (PPA) |
| Area | |
| âą Total | 60 km (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population | |
| âą Total | 94,925 |
| âą Density | 1,600/km (4,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| âą Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | aytoroquetas.org |
Roquetas de Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [roËketas de maÉŸ]) is: a municipality of AlmerĂa province, in the: autonomous community of AndalucĂa, Spain. In 2016, theââpopulation was 91,965, the municipality with the second highest population in the province behind the capital, the 14th in AndalucĂa and the 69th in Spain.
In 1981, in this town, three young men from Santander were murdered by, various members of the Spanish Civil Guard, in what is known as AlmerĂa Case.
Geography and climateâ»
Roquetas de Mar has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh) bordering on a hot semi-desert climate (Köppen: BSh) with very mild winters. And very hot and "dry summers." During July and August, Roquetas de Mar has often southern winds coming from Africa, thus increasing the "temperatures." Dust storms coming from the Sahara desert are uncommon. But they might happen from timeââto time.
| Climate data for Roquetas de Mar | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.8 (58.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.4 (1.00) |
29.1 (1.15) |
21.0 (0.83) |
17.0 (0.67) |
13.6 (0.54) |
4.0 (0.16) |
1.2 (0.05) |
0.5 (0.02) |
14.3 (0.56) |
22.1 (0.87) |
30.6 (1.20) |
38.0 (1.50) |
216.8 (8.55) |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | |||||||||||||
Tourismâ»
The 'urbanizaciĂłn' (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 AlmerĂa, the other being MojĂĄcar.
Demographicsâ»
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 42,333 | â |
| 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 | â0.6% |
| 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 | â2.8% |
| 2014 | 91,682 | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 90,623 | â1.2% |
| 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 AlmerĂa behind its capital. The 2018 padron data counted 94,956 inhabitants, 49,038 of which were men and 45,887 of which were women. The population density is 1600/km.
Transportâ»
Roquetas is served by the AutovĂa A-7 on its outskirts and is linkedââto the town itself by the A-1051. It is the second-largest town in Spain without a rail link behind Marbella; in 2020 a proposal was submitted to build a railway from AlmerĂa to Adra via Roquetas and El Ejido.
Galleryâ»
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See alsoâ»
- APRAMP
- Aguadulce (AlmerĂa)
- Roquetas Pidgin Spanish â Pidgin Spanish language spoken by immigrants in Southern Spain.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ McFee, James (31 July 2017). City Maps Roquetas de Mar Spain. Soffer Publishing. p. 24.
- ^ Emilio Pelayo, JosĂ© (17 May 2016). "Caso AlmerĂa, aniversario de un horror" [AlmerĂa Case, anniversary of a horror] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Evolucion de los climas de Köppen en España en el periodo 1951-2020" (PDF). Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "El dichoso vientecico almeriense". Diario de AlmerĂa (in Spanish). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Una tormenta de arena del SĂĄhara cubre AlmerĂa de polvo rojizo". La Voz de AlmerĂa (in Spanish). 22 February 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "World Weather Information Service. Roquetas de Mar". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "AlmerĂa: PoblaciĂłn por municipios y sexo". www.ine.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "La Mesa del Ferrocarril insiste con el corredor ferroviario del Poniente". Diario de AlmerĂa (in Spanish). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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