Girón,_Santander

San Juan de Girón

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]

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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.

References

  1. [1]
    "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    Citypopulation.de
  3. [3]
    Municipality Identification http://www.giron-santander.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.sdoc?apc=mIxx-1-&m=f
  4. [4]
    "Información general". Nuestro Municipio (in Spanish). Alcaldía de Girón. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  5. [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. [6]
    "Girón - Mi municipio - Pasado, presente y futuro (in Spanish)". Alcaldía de Girón, Colombia. Retrieved 19 April 2024.


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