Rota, Cadiz, Andalucia

Rota is located in the Province of Cadiz, in the Community of Andalucia, Spain. Nearby towns include - Cadiz (13 km away) - Chipiona (13 km away) - Sanlucar de Barrameda (17 km away) - Puerto Real (18 km away) - Jerez de la Frontera (21 km away). Nearest airports are - Rota Ns, Rota (2 km away) - Jerez, (IATA code XRY) (29 km away) - Moron Ab, Sevilla (IATA code OZP) (90 km away) - Sevilla, (IATA code SVQ) (97 km away) (All distances direct, not road distance). The population of Rota is 26,257.

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Rota, strategically situated opposite Cadiz, at the entrance of the bay, has made it an attractive place for people of various different cultures for thousands of years.

The Tartesians and Phoenicians knew Rota as "Astaroth", which was a reference to the noise that was made by the sea on stormy nights as it breaks over the rocks of the reef.

In Roman times, the name was was Speculum Rotae, which was an allusion to the reflection of houses on the sea. The Arabs knew the town as Rabita Ruta. And finally, in the middle ages, this became Rota