About Rota
Rota is a city in Andalusia, Spain with a population of 28,848. It is the 270th largest of the 544 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Spain, and the 18,678th largest worldwide. It lies 481 km from Madrid.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#48of 111
Coordinates
36.624, -6.360
Record updated
29 July 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 544 in SpainClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.