Their labourers started to build dwellings near the boundaries of both territories.

[3] The village obtained the administrative-legal status of aldea de realengo in the 18th century and a governor named alcalde pedáneo was assigned to it.

During the Trienio Liberal Sangonera was part of El Palmar municipality since El Palmar (district of Murcia) became independent from Murcia.

[5][6] 3.13% inhabitants are foreigners – 0.798% come from other countries of Europe, 0.88% are Africans, 1.19% are Americans and 30 Asian people reside in the territory.

[7] The table below shows the population trends of the 21st century by its five-year periods.