It is located in the north east of the Region of Murcia, close to the towns of Cieza and Yecla.

[2] The municipality, located in the north of the Region of Murcia, covers 972 square kilometres (375 sq mi).

[4][5][6] The inhabitants of the municipality are distributed in the following localities: Jumilla, where 24,416 people live; La Estacada, where there are 284 residents; Fuente del Pino, which is located in the northern half and is home to 125 people; Cañada del Trigo, which is located in the southeast of Jumilla and has a population of 121; Torre del Rico, which is placed in the southeast of the municipality and is occupied by 106 residents; El Carche, which is placed in the east of the territory and occupied by 8 residents; La Alquería, with a population of 155 and Las Encebras, which is located in the southern half and is home to 45 people.

Regarding the Chalcolithic in this current municipality, ruins of an ancient hamlet are the trace of the people living in that era.

The archaeological site is named El Prado, and it has a distance of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the town Jumilla.

This hamlet was inhabited by 300 people, and its dwellings consisted of huts formed with reed and mud adobe.

[9] In the 3rd century BC, the Carthaginians colonised a large part of the Iberian Peninsula: from the current city of Cádiz, to the Ebro River.

Remains of Ancient Rome in Jumilla are the Roman villa's ruins, which are part of the landscape of the municipality.

In the year 711 AD, Berbers and Arabs entered the Iberian Peninsula and conquered a large portion of it.

It was during under the Crown of Aragon Control era when the first historic document which address solely Jumilla was written.

Jumilla, together with neighboring Yecla, is one of the primary regions for development of the Murciana and Granadina breeds of dairy goats.