Elevation of Rota, Spain
11m
above sea level · 36 ft
Rota is a city of 29,289 people in Cádiz province, Andalusia, the 12th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 49th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.62° N · 6.36° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 37′ 1″ N · 6° 21′ 29″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29S · 736,271 E · 4,055,631 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Rota
- INE code 11030
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 29,289 people
- 84.2 km² municipality · 348 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 10.9 m (36 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 11 m.
Population
Rota had 29,289 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 0.6% more than in 2015, when it had 29,123. The municipality covers 84.2 km², a density of 348 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 12th most populous of the 45 municipalities in Cádiz province, after Jerez de la Frontera (213,634), home to 2.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Rota sits 11 m (36 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Rota is 202 m below it.
The provincial capital, Cádiz, is 11 km away in a straight line and 7 m lower than Rota. Madrid is 482 km away.
Of the 16 cities in Cádiz province with an elevation page, Rota is the 7th lowest. The highest is Arcos de la Frontera (184 m) and the lowest, La Línea de la Concepción (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Cádiz province is Pinar, at 1,648 m (5,407 ft). It lies 85 km away in a straight line, 1,637 m above Rota.
- 231 Rota 11 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Rota.
What is the elevation of Rota, Spain?
Rota sits at 11 meters (36 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of Rota?
Latitude 36.61695 and longitude -6.35802 in decimal degrees (36° 37′ 1″ N · 6° 21′ 29″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 736,271 E and 4,055,631 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Rota rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 49th lowest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Rota or Cádiz?
Rota. Rota sits at 11 m and Cádiz at 4 m: a difference of 7 m, 11 km apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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