Yunka
Republic of Yunka República de Yunka Yunka ripuwlika | |
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 Coat of arms
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 Orthographic map of Yunka | |
| Capital | Iquitos 3°44′00″S 73°15′00″W |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Co-official | Quechua and aimara |
| Demonym(s) | Yunqueño |
| Government | Federal Plurinational presidential republic |
• President | Gabriel Joel Núñez Castillo |
• Vice-President | Marisol Frida Duarte León |
• Chief Justice | Concha de la Lora |
| Legislature | Congress of Yunka |
| Independence from Spain | |
• Declared | July 28, 1821 |
• Battle of Ayacucho | December 9, 1824 |
• Secession of Yunka from Peru | December 7, 2022 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,285,215.6 km2 (496,224.5 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 0.4% |
| Population | |
• 2021 census | 3,199,427 |
| Currency | Sol (YUS) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 |
Yunka officially Republic of Yunka (Quechua and Aimara: Ripuwlika Yunka) is a Federal presidentialist and plurinational republic located in South America. Its capital and most important economic centre is Iquitos. The territory is divided in five departaments and 32 provinces. Yunka is one of the most important economic, turistic, cultural and ecological centres in South America and in the world due that most of its territory is covered by the Amazonia, the ‘lungs of the planet’.
Etymology
Yunka is Quechua for ‘jungle’ and it makes reference to a leafy place with very high trees and many other diversity of vegetation.
Geography
Climate
According to Köppen climate classification, Yunka falls in the tropical rainforest climate or equatorial. There’s no wet or dry season and it's hot, rainy and humid all year round. The rainiest month is January, with an average of 613.9 millimetres (24.17 in) and the less rainy is April with 276.2 millimetres (10.87 in). Regarding temperatures, the hottest month is October, with a mean of 28.5 °C (83.3 °F) and daily highs exceeding 32–35 °C (90–95 °F) degrees, and the coolest month is July, with a mean of 25.2 °C (77.4 °F) and slightly cooler nights. Some nights, it can even freeze, but is very rare. The last time temperature fell above 10 °C (50 °F) was on July 2013.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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| Average high °C (°F) | 32.9 (91.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.8 (91.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.9 (80.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 613.9 (24.17) |
348.5 (13.72) |
310.8 (12.24) |
276.2 (10.87) |
298.9 (11.77) |
303.6 (11.95) |
319.5 (12.58) |
333.8 (13.14) |
417.9 (16.45) |
467.4 (18.40) |
499.7 (19.67) |
577.9 (22.75) |
4,768.1 (187.71) |
| Average precipitation days | 22.9 | 19.8 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.9 | 21.5 | 21.8 | 22.4 | 241.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83.9 | 81.6 | 80.5 | 78.9 | 80.2 | 79.9 | 79.0 | 81.5 | 83.6 | 84.9 | 82.7 | 82.5 | 81.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 167.4 | 159.8 | 151.9 | 159.0 | 173.6 | 189.0 | 213.9 | 226.3 | 213.0 | 198.4 | 180.0 | 158.1 | 2,190.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.8 |