La repoblación panocha de Istán Historical milestone · Istán, Sierra de las Nieves, Málaga Image of Istán, not of the place itself. After the Morisco uprising of 1568 and the defeat at Fuerte de Arboto, Istán was resettled in 1570 with Christians from Murcia, the origin of the local demonym "panocho". Photo: Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Istán