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Damage on Paniahue apartments after 2010 Chile earthquake.

Paniahue (Mapudungun: proper place to take the glare) is a Chilean village located north of Santa Cruz, Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region.

In 1899, it had 1,055 inhabitants, its own post office and a free public school. It currently has 2,526 inhabitants.

History

Destroyed apartments in Paniahue

The village was greatly damaged by the 2010 Chile earthquakes, and the Paniahue apartments became an icon of the earthquake.

See also

References

  1. "DICCIONARIO MAPUDUNGUN - MAPUCHE - RANCULCHE - ESPAÑOL" (in Spanish). Alihuén. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
  2. Astaburuaga Cienfuegos, Francisco, ed. (1899). "Paniahue" . Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile (Geographic Dictionary of the Republic of Chile) (in Spanish).
  3. "PANIAHUE (Santa Cruz, COLCHAGUA)". chile.pueblosamerica.com. Retrieved 13 September 2010.

34°37′S 71°22′W / 34.617°S 71.367°W / -34.617; -71.367


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