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
Climate data for San Juan de Girón (Llano Grande), elevation 777 m (2,549 ft), (1981–2010)
Source: Wills, Fernando; et al. (2001). Nuestro patrimonio – 100 tesoros de Colombia [Our heritage – 100 treasures of Colombia] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. pp. 1–311. ISBN958-8089-16-6.
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