Paniahue
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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]
History
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The village was greatly damaged by the 2010 Chile earthquakes, and the Paniahue apartments became an icon of the earthquake.
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- ^ "DICCIONARIO MAPUDUNGUN - MAPUCHE - RANCULCHE - ESPAÑOL" (in Spanish). Alihuén. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ Astaburuaga Cienfuegos, Francisco, ed. (1899). . Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile (Geographic Dictionary of the Republic of Chile) (in Spanish).
- ^ "PANIAHUE (Santa Cruz, COLCHAGUA)". chile.pueblosamerica.com. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
34°37′S 71°22′W / 34.617°S 71.367°W