San Juan de Girón
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Girón
|native_name = San Juan Girón
|nickname =
|motto =
|settlement_type = Municipality
|image_skyline = Las Nieves.Sector antiguo de la ciudad de Girón, Santander. Colombia..JPG
|imagesize = 280px
|image_caption = Nieves Chapel
|image_flag = Flag of Girón (Santander).svg
|image_shield = Escudo_de_San_Juan_de_Girón.png
|image_map = Colombia - Santander - Girón.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Girón in the Santander Department of Colombia
|pushpin_map =
|pushpin_mapsize = 300
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Colombia
|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = Santander Department
|subdivision_name2 = Soto
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Luis Alberto Quintero González
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = January 15, 1631
|founder = Francisco Mantilla de los Ríos y Franco
|established_title1 = Moved
|established_date1 = December 30, 1968
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 493
|area_total_sq_mi =
|area_land_km2 =
|area_land_sq_mi =
|area_water_km2 =
|area_water_sq_mi =
|area_water_percent =
|area_urban_km2 = 9.74
|area_urban_sq_mi =
|population_as_of = 2020 est.
|population_note = DANE
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/poblacion/proyepobla06_20/ProyeccionMunicipios2005_2020.xls |title=Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005 |access-date=12 April 2020}}[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/admin/santander/68307/ Citypopulation.de]
|population_total = 206005
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_urban = 152582
|population_density_urban_km2 = auto
|population_demonym = Gironés
|coordinates = {{coord|7|4|15|N|73|10|23|W|region:CO|display=inline,title}}
|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
|utc_offset = -5
|elevation_m = 706
|area_code = 57 + 7
|website = [http://giron-santander.gov.co/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}
|footnotes =
}}
San Juan de Girón (better known as Girón), formerly: Villa de los Caballeros de Girón,Municipality Identification http://www.giron-santander.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=mIxx-1-&m=f is a municipality of the Santander Department, which is part of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan area in northeastern Colombia.{{cite web|url=http://giron-santander.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m1d1--&m=f#simbolos|title=Información general |work=Nuestro Municipio|access-date=June 1, 2009|language=es|publisher=Alcaldía de Girón}}
Pueblo Patrimonio
Girón was declared a Colombian Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) by the Colombian government in 2010.{{Cite web|date=Dec 2020|title=GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia|url=https://fontur.com.co/sites/default/files/2020-12/GUIA_PUEBLOS_PATRIMONIO.pdf|access-date=29 Mar 2021|website=Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR}}
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).{{Cite web|title=Girón - Mi municipio - Pasado, presente y futuro (in Spanish)|url=https://giron-santander.gov.co/MiMunicipio/Paginas/Pasado-Presente-y-Futuro.aspx|access-date=19 April 2024|website=Alcaldía de Girón, Colombia}}
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = San Juan de Girón (Llano Grande), elevation {{convert|777|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 30.9
|Feb high C = 30.7
|Mar high C = 30.7
|Apr high C = 30.4
|May high C = 30.8
|Jun high C = 30.9
|Jul high C = 31.0
|Aug high C = 31.2
|Sep high C = 31.2
|Oct high C = 30.4
|Nov high C = 30.4
|Dec high C = 30.5
| year high C = 30.8
|Jan mean C = 25.2
|Feb mean C = 25.4
|Mar mean C = 25.5
|Apr mean C = 25.3
|May mean C = 25.3
|Jun mean C = 25.2
|Jul mean C = 25.2
|Aug mean C = 25.3
|Sep mean C = 25.2
|Oct mean C = 25.1
|Nov mean C = 25.0
|Dec mean C = 25.1
| year mean C = 25.2
|Jan low C = 19.1
|Feb low C = 19.5
|Mar low C = 19.9
|Apr low C = 20.0
|May low C = 20.1
|Jun low C = 19.6
|Jul low C = 19.2
|Aug low C = 19.4
|Sep low C = 19.4
|Oct low C = 19.6
|Nov low C = 19.6
|Dec low C = 19.2
| year low C = 19.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 38.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 70.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 105.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 95.0
|May precipitation mm = 102.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 71.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 71.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 75.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 90.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 119.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 82.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 25.1
|year precipitation mm = 936.3
| Jan precipitation days = 6
| Feb precipitation days = 7
| Mar precipitation days = 11
| Apr precipitation days = 14
| May precipitation days = 15
| Jun precipitation days = 13
| Jul precipitation days = 14
| Aug precipitation days = 15
| Sep precipitation days = 15
| Oct precipitation days = 15
| Nov precipitation days = 10
| Dec precipitation days = 5
| year precipitation days = 139
| Jan humidity = 75
| Feb humidity = 74
| Mar humidity = 76
| Apr humidity = 77
| May humidity = 78
| Jun humidity = 78
| Jul humidity = 77
| Aug humidity = 76
| Sep humidity = 76
| Oct humidity = 77
| Nov humidity = 77
| Dec humidity = 76
| year humidity = 77
|source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web
|url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-date=15 August 2016
|title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010
|publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales
|language=es
|access-date= 17 June 2024
|url-status=dead}}
}}
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