Carahue

Carahue () is a city and commune in southern Chile. It is located 56 km west of Temuco, on the northern bank of the Imperial River.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Carahue
Settlement.settlement_type: City and Commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Puente carahue1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: President Eduardo Frei Montalva Bridge(a.k.a. "Puente Colgante". English: "Suspension Bridge")
Settlement.image_flag: File:Bandera carahue.jpg
Settlement.flag_alt: Flag
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de La Imperial.svg
Settlement.shield_alt: Coat of arms
Settlement.nickname: "The three-floor city" ("La ciudad de los tres pisos")
Settlement.image_map: Comuna de Carahue.svg
Settlement.map_alt: Map of Carahue commune in the Araucanía Region
Settlement.map_caption

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Carahue () 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.