Roquetas de Mar
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| Roquetas de Mar, Spain | |
| Coordinates: | |
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| Municipality | Almería |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Gabriel Amat Ayllón (PP) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 60 km² (23.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| - Total | 65,886 |
| - Density | 1,098.1/km² (2,844.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website: www.aytoroquetas.org | |
Roquetas de Mar 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, and 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 just a leisurely swim, without the problems of overcrowing that you see on many beaches of Spanish Resorts.
Roquetas de Mar has many facilities including hotels, restaurants, tapas bars, a bull ring, an auditorium and a language school.
[edit] Demographics
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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42,333 |
44,370 | 47,570 | 50,954 | 53,815 | 58,519 | 65,886 |
Source: INE (Spain)
[edit] External links
- about Roquetas de Mar and Almeria
- Search AlmeriaRoquetas de Mar description, related information and photos. In English & Spanish.
- Roquetas de Mar
- Language school
- Coach trips from Roquetas de Mar
- (Spanish) Roquetas de Mar - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
- [1]Propery in Roquetas de Mar
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