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Curanipe
Town in Cauquenes Province, Chile
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. As a popular coastal resort, Curanipe used to be known as an exclusive hangout for the Cauquenes elite and a regional "minor port", during the mid- and late 19th century.
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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. As a popular coastal resort, Curanipe used to be known as an exclusive hangout for the Cauquenes elite and a regional "minor port", during the mid- and late 19th century. The town has an architectural style that reminds 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.
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