Girón, Santander
San Juan de Girón (better known as Girón), formerly: Villa de los Caballeros de Girón, is a municipality of the Santander Department, which is part of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan area in northeastern Colombia.
Old sector of the city in Giron, Santander, Colombia.
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
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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.
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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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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