Giron or Girón may refer to:
People
Girón or Giron is a Spanish and French surname and refer to the following people:
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Alicia Girón García
Alicia Girón García (1938 – 22 February 2020) was a Spanish librarian. She began working in the Madrid public library system in 1969 where she helped plan expansion and digitisation and eventually became its director. From 1983 Girón was d ...
(1938-2020), Spanish librarian
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Gabriel Girón (born 1988), Mexican basketball player
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José Antonio Girón
José Antonio Girón de Velasco (28 August 1911, Herrera de Pisuerga, Palencia – 22 August 1995, Fuengirola, Málaga) was a prominent Spanish Falangist politician. He was minister of Labor (1941–57), counselor of the Council of the Realm ...
, Falangist politician
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Pedro Girón (disambiguation), several people with this name
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Socorro Girón, a Puerto Rican historian
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Marcos Giron, American tennis player
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Charles Giron, Swiss painter
Places
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Giron, France
* Giron, the Sami-language name of
Kiruna
(; se, Giron ; fi, Kiiruna ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norr ...
, Sweden
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Girón, Santander, a town in Colombia
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Playa Girón
:''Note: "Playa Girón" is also the title of a song included in the album " Días y Flores", by Silvio Rodriguez.''
Playa Girón (; "Girón beach") is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), which is located i ...
, location of the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Girón, Azuay
Girón is a town and parish in Azuay Province, Ecuador. The town has 3,518 residents, and the Girón Canton as a whole has 12,583 residents.
History
Girón was initially occupied by the Leoquina culture. During the Inca Empire, the area was know ...
, a town and canton in Ecuador
Others
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''Girón'' (newspaper), official organ of the Communist Party provincial committee in Matanzas, Cuba
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Girón Formation
The Girón Formation ( es, Formación Girón, Jg) is an extensive geological formation stretching across from the north in Teorama, Norte de Santander, across the Mesa de Los Santos and Chicamocha Canyon towards west of Nobsa, Boyacá in the nor ...
, a geological formation in the Andes
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