In January 1492 it was here that the forces of Boabdil were defeated ending the power of the Moors in Spain.

Adra had a population of 25,412 inhabitants in 2020 (according to the municipal census published by the National Institute of Statistics).

The percentage of people living in the urban centre of Adra has been slowly increasing.

A nearby mill, El Molino del Lugar, built around 1814 and recently renovated, is the site of the ethnographic section of the museum.

July 16 is the day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patron saint of fishermen.

Bazaars take place two Saturdays a month in a carpark which is beside the Sports Center and I.E.S Abdera School.