Carahue
Carahue | |
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Flag Coat of arms Map of Carahue commune in the Araucanía Region Carahue Location in Chile | |
| Nickname: "The three-floor city" ("La ciudad de los tres pisos") | |
| Coordinates: 38°42′32″S 73°09′53″W / 38.70889°S 73.16472°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Araucanía |
| Province | Cautín |
| Re-founded | 22 February 1882 |
| Founded by | Gregorio Urrutia Venegas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Héctor Alejandro Sáez Veliz (UDI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,340.5 km2 (517.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census) | |
• Total | 24,377 |
| • Density | 18.185/km2 (47.099/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,596 |
| • Rural | 14,100 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 13,017 |
| • Women | 12,679 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Postal code | 5010000 |
| Area code | 56 + 45 |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | www |
Carahue (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɾawe]) is a city and commune in southern Chile. It is located 56 km west of Temuco, on the northern bank of the Imperial River.
The city was founded as La Imperial on April 16, 1552 by Pedro de Valdivia. La Imperial or Antigua [Old] Imperial, was abandoned and destroyed as a result of the Mapuche Uprising of 1598 during the War of Arauco in 1600, and refounded in 1882, in course of Occupation of the Araucanía, under the name Carahue.
The commune of Carahue hosts the southernmost natural forests of Araucaria araucana in the Chilean Coast Range.