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{{redirect|Roquetas|other places with similar names|Roquetes (disambiguation){{!}}Roquetes}}
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|official_name = Roquetas de Mar
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'''Roquetas de Mar''' ({{IPA-|es|roˈketas de maɾ}}) is a [[municipality]] of [[Province of Almería|Almería province]], in the autonomous community of [[Andalucía]], Spain.<ref>{{cite book |last=McFee |first=James |title=City Maps Roquetas de Mar Spain |url=https://books.google.escom/books?id=9nQ2DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Soffer Publishing |date=31 July 2017 |pages=24}}</ref> In 2016, the population was 91,965, the municipality with the second highest population in the province behind [[Almería|the capital]], the 14th in [[Andalusia|Andalucía]] and the 69th in [[Spain]].
 
In 1981, in this town, three young men from [[Santander, Spain|Santander]] were murdered by various members of the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Spanish Civil Guard]], in what is known as [[Almería Case]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Emilio Pelayo |first=José |date=17 May 2016 |title=Caso Almería, aniversario de un horror |trans-title=Almería Case, anniversary of a horror |url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria/201605/17/caso-almeria-aniversario-horror-20160517104223.html |access-date=27 June 2023 |publisher=El Diario Montañés |language=es }}</ref>
 
== Geography and climate ==
Roquetas de Mar has a [[hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BWh'') bordering on a [[hot semi-arid climate|hot semi-desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BSh'')<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Evolucion de los climas de Köppen en España en el periodo 1951-2020 |url=https://www.aemet.es/documentos/es/conocermas/recursos_en_linea/publicaciones_y_estudios/publicaciones/NT_37_AEMET/NT_37_AEMET.pdf |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/opinion/tribuna/dichoso-vientecico-almeriense_0_1257774416.html|title=El dichoso vientecico almeriense|website=Diario de Almería|date=25 June 2018|access-date=24 June 2021|language=es}}</ref> Dust storms coming from the [[Sahara desert]] are uncommon, but they might happen from time to time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/12/almeria/101025/una-tormenta-de-arena-del-sahara-cubre-almeria-de-polvo-rojizo|title=Una tormenta de arena del Sáhara cubre Almería de polvo rojizo|website=La Voz de Almería|date=22 February 2016|access-date=24 June 2021|language=es}}</ref>
 
{{Weather box
|width= 80%
▲| pushpin_label location= Roquetas de Mar
|metric first= yes
|single line= yes
|Jan high C= 17.5
|Feb high C= 18.5
|Mar high C= 21.0
|Apr high C= 22.8
|May high C= 26.0
|Jun high C= 30.3
|Jul high C= 33.6
|Aug high C= 33.5
|Sep high C= 30.2
|Oct high C= 25.7
|Nov high C= 21.2
|Dec high C= 18.2
|year high C=
|Jan mean C= 12.8
|Feb mean C= 13.7
|Mar mean C= 16.0
|Apr mean C= 17.6
|May mean C= 20.7
|Jun mean C= 24.8
|Jul mean C= 28.0
|Aug mean C= 28.3
|Sep mean C= 25.1
|Oct mean C= 21.0
|Nov mean C= 16.6
|Dec mean C= 13.8
|year mean C=
|Jan low C= 8.1
|Feb low C= 8.9
|Mar low C= 10.9
|Apr low C= 12.4
|May low C= 15.4
|Jun low C= 19.3
|Jul low C= 22.4
|Aug low C= 23.0
|Sep low C= 20.0
|Oct low C= 16.3
|Nov low C= 12.0
|Dec low C= 9.4
|year low C=
|Jan precipitation mm= 25.4
|Feb precipitation mm= 29.1
|Mar precipitation mm= 21.0
|Apr precipitation mm= 17.0
|May precipitation mm= 13.6
|Jun precipitation mm= 4.0
|Jul precipitation mm= 1.2
|Aug precipitation mm= 0.5
|Sep precipitation mm= 14.3
|Oct precipitation mm= 22.1
|Nov precipitation mm= 30.6
|Dec precipitation mm= 38.0
|precipitation colour = green
|source 1= [[World Meteorological Organization|World Meteorological Organization (WMO)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=2904 |title=World Weather Information Service. Roquetas de Mar |work=[[World Meteorological Organization]] |access-date=24 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|date=June 2021}}
 
== Tourism ==
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==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| align = centerleft
| 1999| 42333
| 2000| 44370
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| 2018| 94925
| source = [http://www.ine.es 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2857). |title=Almería: Población por municipios y sexo |website=www.ine.es|language=es|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref> The population density is 1600/km²<sup>2</sup>.
 
==Transport==
Roquetas is served by the [[Autovía A-7]] on its outskirts and is linked to 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 [[Almería]] to [[Adra, Spain|Adra]] via Roquetas and [[El Ejido]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/provincia/mesa-ferrocarril-insiste-corredor-poniente_0_1470453297.html|title=La Mesa del Ferrocarril insiste con el corredor ferroviario del Poniente|website=Diario de Almería|date=3 June 2020|accessdateaccess-date=22 August 2020|langlanguage=Spanishes}}</ref>
 
==Gallery==
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|[[Image:Castillo de Santa Ana en Roquetas.jpg|thumb|[[Castillo de Santa Ana]], a fortification in Roquetas de Mar.]]
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==References==▼
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== See also ==
* [[APRAMP]]
* [[Aguadulce (Almería)]]
* {{anliannotated link|Roquetas Pidgin Spanish}}
 
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==External links==
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[[Category:Municipalities in the Province of Almería]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Spain]]
 
 
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