The current town of Lechería made its prominence after the Spanish Crown ordered the construction of the Fortín de la Magdalena fort in order to prevent pirate attacks on sailors that took the Barcelona-Cumaná route (the fort was completed in 1799 and is located on the Cerro el Morro).

By the middle of the 19th century, the region was developed into a big goat milk producer in order to meet the needs of the growing population of Barcelona.

On 12 September 1967, Daniel Octavio Camejo founded the Compañía Anónima para el Desarrollo de la Zona Turística de Oriente (CAZTOR) with the intention to develop tourism in the region on a grand scale, resulting in major construction projects to commence.

Its strategic location between Barcelona and Puerto la Cruz accelerated its growth toward the end of the 1990s.

[4] The mayor of the Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality is Manuel Ferreira G, elected on 10 December 2017.