The first human establishments in these lands are related with the Paleolithic period. After the step of the Iberian culture that denominates to the town Tereses, the Romans found the population of Sisapo, located in the roadway that Hispalis united with August Emerita. It is possible that at the end of the imperial period he/she already received the name of Canalia, denomination reutilizada for the Arab centuries later, prefixing him "Wad" like indicative of the presence of a river. The resulting form is Wad Al-Kanal. In this time the mining wealth of the underground are exploited, although the predominant function is the defensive, with a natural fortress for its position. In 1.241, the gentlemen of Santiago's Order conquer the town for the Crown of Castile. The king Fernando III the Saint, like prize, you the delivery to this institution. Soon after it, the municipality is believed and they are granted to its inhabitants own Jurisdiction.

The nucleus native is located to the population's Southwest, being constituted by the small and irregular apples that are around the biggest Square, where the City council, the church or the Market are located. The later developments go to the north and the southeast, along the respective exit roads toward Extremadura and toward Alanís. In these sectors the apples are of more size and they have lengthened forms. Everything has conferred it to the nucleus an approximately triangular morphology, with one of their sides (the oriental) more irregular.