San Juan de Girón
Municipality in Santander Department, Colombia
Girón San Juan Girón | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Girón in the Santander Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 7°4′15″N 73°10′23″W / 7.07083°N 73.17306°W / 7.07083; -73.17306 | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Santander Department |
| Province | Soto |
| Founded | January 15, 1631 |
| Moved | December 30, 1968 |
| Founded by | Francisco Mantilla de los Ríos y Franco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luis Alberto Quintero González |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 493 km2 (190 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 706 m (2,316 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 206,005 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 152,582 |
| • Urban density | 16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi) |
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| Demonym | Gironés |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Area code | 57 + 7 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
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]
References
- ^ "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Citypopulation.de
- ^ Municipality Identification http://www.giron-santander.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=mIxx-1-&m=f
- ^ "Información general". Nuestro Municipio (in Spanish). Alcaldía de Girón. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Girón - Mi municipio - Pasado, presente y futuro (in Spanish)". Alcaldía de Girón, Colombia. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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Municipalities in Santander Department
- Aguada
- Albania
- Aratoca
- Barbosa
- Barichara
- Barrancabermeja
- Betulia
- Bolívar
- Bucaramanga
- Cabrera
- California
- Capitanejo
- Carcasí
- Cepitá
- Cerrito
- Charalá
- Charta
- Chima
- Chipatá
- Cimitarra
- Concepción
- Confines
- Contratación
- Coromoro
- Curití
- El Carmen
- El Guacamayo
- El Peñón
- El Playón
- Encino
- Enciso
- Florián
- Floridablanca
- Galán
- Gámbita
- Girón
- Guaca
- Guadalupe
- Guapotá
- Guavatá
- Güepsa
- Hato
- Jesus María
- Jordán
- La Belleza
- Landázuri
- La Paz
- Lebrija
- Los Santos
- Macaravita
- Málaga
- Matanza
- Mogotes
- Molagavita
- Ocamonte
- Oiba
- Onzaga
- Palmar
- Palmas Socorro
- Páramo
- Piedecuesta
- Pinchote
- Puente Nacional
- Puerto Parra
- Puerto Wilches
- Rionegro
- Sabana de Torres
- San Andrés
- San Benito
- San Gil
- San Joaquín
- San José de Suaita
- San José de Miranda
- San Miguel
- San Vicente de Chucurí
- Santa Bárbara
- Santa Helena del Opón
- Simacota
- Socorro
- Sucre
- Suratá
- Tona
- Valle de San José
- Vélez
- Vetas
- Villanueva
- Zapatoca
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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. ISBN 958-8089-16-6. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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