Curanipe

Curanipe (in mapudungun: "plum tree that grows in the rock") is a town and seat of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Pelluhue Pelluhue (in Mapudungun: ''land of clams'') is a town and commune in the Cauquenes Province of central Chile's seventh region of Maule. Geography The commune of Pelluhue has an area of and is bordered on the north by Chanco, on the south by C ...

, Province of Cauquenes, in VII Maule Region of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. A popular and charming

coastal The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in ...

resort, Curanipe used to be a well-known and secluded hangout for the

Cauquenes Cauquenes, a city and commune in Chile, is the capital of the Cauquenes Province and is located in the Maule Region. History According to the historical records of Alonso de Ercilla, Cauquenes was originally inhabited by an indigenous community o ...

elite and a proud regional "minor

port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as H ...

", during the mid- and late 19th century. The town has a

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