San Juan de Girón
Municipality in Santander Department, Colombia
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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]
Girón
San Juan de Girón | |
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Nieves Chapel | |
.svg) Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Girón in the Santander Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 7°4′15″N 73°10′23″W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Santander Department |
| Province | Soto |
| Founded | January 14, 1631 |
| Moved | December 30, 1968 |
| Founder | Francisco Mantilla de los Ríos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Campo Elías Ramirez |
| Area | |
| 493 km2 (190 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 706 m (2,316 ft) |
| Population | |
| 206,005 | |
| • Density | 418/km2 (1,080/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 152,582 |
| • Urban density | 15,700/km2 (40,600/sq mi) |
| DANE | |
| Demonym | Gironés |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Area code | 57 + 7 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
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]
Climate
| Climate data for San Juan de Girón (Llano Grande), elevation 777 m (2,549 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.5 (1.52) |
70.8 (2.79) |
105.5 (4.15) |
95.0 (3.74) |
102.1 (4.02) |
71.7 (2.82) |
71.3 (2.81) |
75.7 (2.98) |
90.7 (3.57) |
119.6 (4.71) |
82.6 (3.25) |
25.1 (0.99) |
936.3 (36.86) |
| Average precipitation days | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 139 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 77 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[7] | |||||||||||||
