Paniahue

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Coordinates: 34°37′S 71°22′W / 34.617°S 71.367°W / -34.617; -71.367
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Damage on Paniahue apartments after 2010 Chile earthquake.

Paniahue (Mapudungun: proper place to take the glare)[1] 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.[2] It currently has 2,526 inhabitants.[3]

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Destroyed apartments in Paniahue

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

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  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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