[1] Located on the southern slope of Mount Miral (also known as the hill or cabezo de San Ginés) where an important hermitage was located due to its proximity to the Monastery of San Ginés de la Jara.

The municipal district of Cartagena is divided into collective entities of population there called diputaciones.

[6] The basis of its economic activity was mining as was the neighboring town of Llano del Beal with which it shares a common history.

Years after the end of the mining activity, heavy metal contamination was produced, affecting the health of their neighbors.

The town is connected by the RM-F43 with the nearby town of Llano del Beal (from which it is 600 meters away and from which it is separated by the railway), La Unión and Cartagena; by the same road, in the opposite direction, it communicates with the Mar Menor and with the Rincón de San Ginés.