Curanipe
title: "Curanipe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-chile", "ports-and-harbours-of-chile", "populated-places-in-cauquenes-province", "coasts-of-maule-region", "beaches-of-chile"] topic_path: "general/communes-of-chile" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curanipe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Curanipe |
| native_name_lang | arn |
| image_skyline | Plaza curanipe.JPG |
| imagesize | 200px |
| image_caption | Plaza de Curanipe |
| dot_x | |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Chile |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Maule |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Cauquenes |
| subdivision_type3 | Commune |
| subdivision_name3 | Pelluhue |
| named_for | "Black stone" in Mapudungun |
| elevation_m | 24 |
| utc_offset1 | -4 |
| :: |
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Curanipe (in mapudungun: "plum tree that grows in the rock") is a town and seat of the municipality of Pelluhue, Province of Cauquenes, in VII Maule Region of Chile.
A popular and charming coastal resort, Curanipe used to be a well-known and secluded hangout for the Cauquenes elite and a proud regional "minor port", during the mid- and late 19th century. The town has a quaint architectural style that echoes the colonial rural architecture of Chile.
The Curanipe parish church of Santo Toribio, is a beautifully preserved religious building overlooking the town.
On 27 February 2010 at 06:34:14 GMT (03:34:14 AM local time), a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the seafloor 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Curanipe.
References
References
- [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/2010tfan/index.html USGS 8.8 Earthquake in Chile] {{webarchive. link. (March 2, 2010)
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