Carahue

Infobox City
official_name = Carahue
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image_caption =Puente Carahue


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map_caption = Location of Carahue commune in the Araucanía Region
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subdivision_type1 = Region
subdivision_name1 = Araucanía
subdivision_type2 = Province
subdivision_name2 = Cautín
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leader_title = Mayor
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established_title = Founded
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area_total_km2 = 1341
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population_as_of = 2002
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settlement_type = Commune
population_total = 25696
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timezone = Chilean
utc_offset = -4
timezone_DST = Chilean Daylight
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latd= 38|latm= 42|lats= 32|latNS=S
longd= 73|longm= 09|longs= 53|longEW=W
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website = http://www.carahue.cl
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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 April 16, 1552 by Pedro de Valdivia.La Imperial or Antigua [Old] Imperial, was abandoned and destroyed as a result of the War of Arauco in 1600, and refounded in 1882 under the name Carahue.