San Juan de Girón

Municipality in Santander Department, Colombia

San Juan de Girón (better known as Girón), formerly: Villa de los Caballeros de Girón,^[3] is a municipality of the Santander Department, which is part of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan area in northeastern Colombia.^[4]

Pueblo Patrimonio

Girón was declared a Colombian Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) by the Colombian government in 2010.^[5]

National Monument

The municipality is known National Monument of Colombia for its old sector characterized by its Spanish colonial architecture (cobblestone streets, houses with white walls, large dark brown and/or black doors, and clay tile roofs).^[6]

Old sector of the city in Giron, Santander, Colombia.

Climate

References

1. "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
2. Citypopulation.de
3. Municipality Identification http://www.giron-santander.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=mIxx-1-&m=f
4. "Información general". Nuestro Municipio (in Spanish). Alcaldía de Girón. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
5. "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.
6. "Girón - Mi municipio - Pasado, presente y futuro (in Spanish)". Alcaldía de Girón, Colombia. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
7. "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.