History
The history of Dehesa de Guadix originates during the Granada War, when the Catholic Monarchs granted land to Don Diego Fernández de Iránzo in 1491, a donation later confirmed by King Felipe V in 1751. The current name, meaning "pastures of Guadix," likely dates to the 16th and 17th centuries when the area was used for horse breeding. The village of Las Dehesas was later purchased at a public auction by Don José Requena Muñoz and the Guadix town council in 1840. The area was historically a hamlet of Alicún de Ortega but achieved independence early on, with the first recorded Town Hall session taking place in 1837 under the name Las Dehesas. A notable event was its definitive separation from Don Diego (now Villanueva de las Torres) in 1889. The municipality was first officially referred to as Las Dehesas de Guadix in an 1888 town council document.