| Girón | |
| Native Name: | San Juan Girón |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Santander Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Soto |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Luis Alberto Quintero González |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | January 15, 1631 |
| Founder: | Francisco Mantilla de los Ríos y Franco |
| Established Title1: | Moved |
| Established Date1: | December 30, 1968 |
| Area Total Km2: | 493 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 9.74 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 est. |
| Population Note: | DANE |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Population Total: | 206005 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 152582 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Gironés |
| Coordinates: | 7.0708°N -73.1731°W |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 706 |
| Area Code: | 57 + 7 |
| Website: | Official website |
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 was declared a Colombian Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) by the Colombian government in 2010.[5]
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]