# Roquetas de Mar

> municipality of Spain

**Wikidata**: [Q499184](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499184)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquetas_de_Mar)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/roquetas-de-mar

## Summary
Roquetas de Mar is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Poniente Almeriense comarca and contains local entities such as the football club CD Roquetas, the Castillo de Santa Ana fort, and the locality Aguadulce.

## Key Facts
- Official entity type: municipality of Spain (the municipal administrative type for Spain; municipality inception: 1842).
- Country: Spain (Spain is a country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa).
- Autonomous community: Andalusia.
- Province: Almería Province (sitelink_count: 89).
- Comarca (part of): Poniente Almeriense (comarca in the province of Almería; sitelink_count: 12).
- Related local entities: CD Roquetas (football club; inception: 1970; sitelink_count: 8), Castillo de Santa Ana (fort in Andalusia; sitelink_count: 6), Aguadulce (locality of the province of Almería; sitelink_count: 6).
- Website: http://www.aytoroquetas.org/
- Coordinates: latitude 36.781388888889, longitude -2.6147222222222.
- Wikidata description: "municipality of Spain".
- Wikipedia title: Roquetas de Mar.
- Wikidata sitelink_count for Roquetas de Mar: 61.
- Recorded population values (listed values from source): 87,868; 90,358; 89,851; 85,808; 82,665; 77,423; 71,279; 71,740; 65,886; 58,519; 53,815; 50,954; 47,570; 91,682; 90,623; 91,965; 93,363; 94,925; 96,800; 98,433; 98,725; 102,881; 106,510; 109,204; 111,240.

## FAQs
Q: Where is Roquetas de Mar located?
A: Roquetas de Mar is a municipality in Spain, situated in the province of Almería within the autonomous community of Andalusia, and administratively part of the Poniente Almeriense comarca.

Q: What administrative classification does Roquetas de Mar have?
A: It is classified as a municipality of Spain (the municipal type established in 1842).

Q: What are the geographic coordinates for Roquetas de Mar?
A: The municipality’s coordinates are latitude 36.781388888889 and longitude -2.6147222222222.

Q: What is the official website for Roquetas de Mar?
A: The official municipal website is http://www.aytoroquetas.org/.

Q: What notable local organizations and places are associated with Roquetas de Mar?
A: Notable associated entities include CD Roquetas (a football club founded in 1970), the Castillo de Santa Ana (a fort in Andalusia), and the locality Aguadulce (in the province of Almería).

Q: How large is the population of Roquetas de Mar?
A: The source provides multiple recorded population figures; listed values include 47,570 through 111,240 (see Key Facts for the complete list of recorded values).

Q: How is Roquetas de Mar represented in Wikimedia/Wikidata metadata?
A: The Wikipedia article title is "Roquetas de Mar", the Wikidata description is "municipality of Spain", and its Wikidata sitelink_count is 61.

## Why It Matters
Roquetas de Mar matters as a distinct municipal administration and population center within Almería Province and the Poniente Almeriense comarca of Andalusia. As a municipality it consolidates local public services, civic institutions and local identity under the municipal government (with an official website for public information). The presence of local cultural and sporting organizations—explicitly CD Roquetas and the Castillo de Santa Ana—indicates municipal roles in community sport, heritage, and locality-level urban fabric; the inclusion of the Aguadulce locality shows the municipality’s internal settlement composition. The range of recorded population figures supplied for Roquetas de Mar signals demographic variability and the municipality’s importance as a populated place within provincial and regional structures. Its explicit geographic coordinates and digital presence (website, Wikipedia/Wikidata identifiers, sitelink count) make Roquetas de Mar identifiable and citable in administrative, geographic, and informational systems.

## Notable For
- Being a municipality in Almería Province within Andalusia and part of the Poniente Almeriense comarca.
- Hosting CD Roquetas, a football club founded in 1970 (sitelink_count: 8).
- Containing the Castillo de Santa Ana fort (noted as a fort in Andalusia; sitelink_count: 6).
- Including the locality Aguadulce within its municipal territory (Aguadulce sitelink_count: 6).
- Recorded geographic coordinates: 36.781388888889 N, −2.6147222222222 W.
- Maintaining an official municipal website at http://www.aytoroquetas.org/.
- Having an extensive set of recorded population values (see Key Facts), indicating its role as a significant population center in the province.
- Wikidata/Wikipedia presence: Wikipedia title "Roquetas de Mar", Wikidata description "municipality of Spain", and sitelink_count 61.

## Body

### Overview
Roquetas de Mar is identified in authoritative metadata as a municipality of Spain. It is represented on Wikimedia with the article title "Roquetas de Mar", described on Wikidata as "municipality of Spain", and has a Wikidata sitelink_count of 61. The municipality maintains an official municipal website at http://www.aytoroquetas.org/.

### Location and Administrative Status
- Country: Spain (a country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa).
- Autonomous community: Andalusia.
- Province: Almería Province (Almería Province is an administrative province of Andalusia; associated sitelink_count for Almería Province: 89).
- Comarca: Poniente Almeriense (Roquetas de Mar is part of the Poniente Almeriense comarca; sitelink_count: 12).
- Administrative classification: municipality of Spain; the municipal administrative type is noted with an inception date for the general municipal form of +1842.

### Geography and Coordinates
- Exact coordinates: latitude 36.781388888889; longitude -2.6147222222222.
- These coordinates locate Roquetas de Mar within the province of Almería in Andalusia, Spain.

### Population and Demographic Data
- The source provides multiple recorded population figures for Roquetas de Mar. The listed values (as provided) are: 87,868; 90,358; 89,851; 85,808; 82,665; 77,423; 71,279; 71,740; 65,886; 58,519; 53,815; 50,954; 47,570; 91,682; 90,623; 91,965; 93,363; 94,925; 96,800; 98,433; 98,725; 102,881; 106,510; 109,204; 111,240.
- These figures are provided without explicit year labels in the source; they represent recorded population values associated with Roquetas de Mar in the provided dataset.

### Local Entities, Landmarks and Organizations
- CD Roquetas: A football club related to Roquetas de Mar. The source records CD Roquetas with an inception around 1970 (inception: +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z), country affiliation Q29 (Spain), headquarters identifier , and sitelink_count 8.
- Castillo de Santa Ana: Identified as a fort in Andalusia and listed among entities related to Roquetas de Mar (sitelink_count: 6).
- Aguadulce: Identified as a locality of the province of Almería and listed in connection with Roquetas de Mar (sitelink_count: 6).

### Identifiers, Metadata and Online Presence
- Official municipal website: http://www.aytoroquetas.org/
- Wikipedia article title: Roquetas de Mar.
- Wikidata description: municipality of Spain.
- Wikidata sitelink_count (Roquetas de Mar): 61.
- The municipality is linked in the dataset to higher-level entities: Almería Province, Poniente Almeriense, and the country Spain.

### Relationships to Parent and Related Entities
- Parent administrative entities: Poniente Almeriense (comarca), Almería Province (province), Andalusia (autonomous community), Spain (country).
- Related municipal-scale entities include CD Roquetas (sporting organization), Castillo de Santa Ana (heritage/fort), and Aguadulce (locality).
- The municipal classification ties Roquetas de Mar to the broader Spanish system of municipalities, an administrative form cited with inception year 1842 in the dataset.

### Coverage in Reference Systems
- The source indicates Roquetas de Mar is represented on Wikimedia and Wikidata (Wikipedia title and Wikidata description listed), with a sitelink_count of 61. This metadata supports discoverability and cross-referencing in linked-data and encyclopedic systems.

### Additional Notes
- All facts in this entry are drawn from the provided source material and correspond to the relationships, numeric values, identifiers, and related entities explicitly listed in that material. No external information has been added.

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