title: Paniahue
text: # Paniahue
  
  Paniahue (Mapudungun: proper place to take the glare) is a Chilean village located north of Santa Cruz, Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region.
  
  In 1899, it had 1,055 inhabitants, its own post office and a free public school. It currently has 2,526 inhabitants.
  
  ## History
  
  The village was greatly damaged by the 2010 Chile earthquakes, and the Paniahue apartments became an icon of the earthquake.
  
  