San Juan de Girón (better known as Girón), formerly: Villa de los Caballeros de Girón, is a municipality of the

Santander Department Santander () is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, borders the Magdalena River to the east, Bo ...

, which is part of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan area in northeastern

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

Pueblo Patrimonio

Girón was declared a Colombian '' Pueblo Patrimonio'' (heritage town) by the Colombian government in 2010.

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).

Climate

References

Municipalities of Santander Department {{Santander-geo-stub