The Origin of its name comes from the first settler who knew with the sobrename
"the uncle apricot him"


 

               
          Town of cattle agricultural origin and. In the decade of the 60, due to the establishment of the mines of Rodalquilar, tube between its professions the mining, which due to its high danger and ignorance, united wing necessity of income in most of families, did of a way to subsist in other to be able to survive. Since several generations died, by accidéntes and a great majority, due to ignorance and the ignorance together with the necessity, they died with the lungs obstructed by the dust of the mines.enominated like "silicosis".

          When the finishing the mineral extraction population closed minas.La was itself forced emigrar.Los that remained had to adapt to the ancestral workings:
Collection of scrub to ignite the fire, eaten it and to warm up itself in the days of cold, also to get the palm, esparto etc....


           At the end of the 60 he appeared like fallen of the sky the running of films. In which we worked almost all the neighbors including the children. This made improve the standard of life of many of our families, since well it was remunerated.

          Located in place privilegiado del Natural park Cabo de Gata-Nijar a calm place where to be able to forget the noise, I deal and contaminations. Their streets and houses even conserve with añoranza como part of their own life, numerous oeste filmed in them to so single 5 minutes, is cortijo of the friar who sirvio of inspiration to Federico Garcia Lorca in its novel "Weddings of blood". Since alli happened the tragicos events narrated in this novel.


          This location makes be to few minutes of any zone of the province.
          Saline places as the enclave of infinity of birds of all the species.

          Wonderful the beach and coves in virgin state. The villa of nijar, its looms, jarapas, ceramicas and of the capital since it has good accesses by highway.