[2] During the Chalcolithic there was also human presence, for example a settlement named Poblado del Campico de Lébor.

Archaeological remains in that area are mainly holes, which could have been silos, and stone implements such as arrow tips and sickles.

[2] In the Bronze Age there are noteworthy archaeological remains about a settlement of the Argaric civilization in La Bastida.

During the late Bronze Age, people moved from the settlement because of a crisis that was caused by a lack of foodstuff for all the inhabitants of La Bastida.

These consist mainly of ceramic objects and wall plinths belonging to little-sized rooms, with regular allocation and ordinary masonry.

Remains of that fact such as ceramic materials, stone wall plinths, support this assumption.

Between 1238 and 1243, the Taifa of Murcia came under increasing pressure from the powerful kingdoms of Castile, Aragon and Granada.

People started to exit the enclosed by a wall town of Aledo and move to plain lands, to the suburb of Totana from the year 1492.

[3] In the Early Modern Period there was a new urban structure that was created and two new neighbourhoods were settled: Sevilla and Triana.

There were several aesthetic architectonic works such as the facade of the Parish Church of Santiago and a fountain named Fuente Monumental.

In the year 1810 an epidemic of yellow fever spread and it caused to die half of the population of the town.

[5] In the first years of the 20th century, a politician named Ángel Aznar y Butigeig was responsible that Totana was awarded the status of town by Alfonso XIII of Spain with a legal provision.

[7] The Murcia pre-coastal depression or Guadalentín Valley stretches partly in the southern half of the territory.

[7] A geographic roughness which extents Totana is a mountain range named Sierra Espuña.

[8][9][10] 20.48% of the inhabitants are foreigners - 2.09% from other countries of Europe, 5.68% are Africans, 12.29% are Americans, and 129 Asian people reside there.

[20] These buildings have special history or artistic values:[21] These are the main festivities of the municipality:[27] There are some festivities held in villages of the municipality below:[33] Totana has one football team called Club Olímpico de Totana who play in the Tercera División, the fourth level of the Spanish football league system.

[44] There are 2 multisports outdoors areas, a pavilion, a sports complex, some paddle courts, a football pitch and a municipality gymnasium in the main town.