The name may have originated from Hisn Caviar, which means "military tower", in allusion to the one that still exists in Gabia Grande.

Historically, El Torreón played an important role in the defense of the city of Granada: In 1490, was taken by the Christians.

The modern history of Las Gabias begins with the Christian reconquest and the repopulation carried out by Felipe II, arriving people from different points of the peninsula.

Gabia Chica has a sixteenth-century Byzantine style church that gives worship to the patron saint of the same town, "la Virgen del Rosario".

Main arable crop of rainfed The municipality has an area of 39 square kilometres (15 sq mi), divided into two major zones: its vega and its dry land.

In its municipal term runs the Dílar River, besides streams and ravines like the one of "Salao", Las Andas or Los Barrancones.

Las Gabias boasts of being very close to the Sierra Nevada, which makes remarkable its landscape variety.

Precipitations are relatively low, about 400 millimetres (16 in) per year, with dry season from June to September, and rainy especially in Autumn and Spring.

Due to the infamous "real estate boom" suffered in Spain in this century, in 2011 the municipality had 2632 vacant houses.

Graph of demographic evolution of Las Gabias between 1877 and 2016 Data of the National Institute of Statistics The road A-338 A-338 connects Las Gabias with Churriana de la Vega, Armilla, Granada and Alhama de Granada.

The following table shows the distances between Las Gabias and other localities, including all the provincial capitals of Andalusia.

Distance (km) Location Distance (km) Huelva 347 Granada 8 Cádiz 336 Baza 115 Málaga 128 Guadix 71 Córdoba 167 Huéscar 163 Jaén 99 Loja 57 Sevilla 258 Motril 66 Almería 174 Madrid 439 It is expected that in 2018 the works of the new Circunvalación de Granada will finish, that passes through the municipality and will improve the accesses to the same one.