| Official Name: | Curarrehue |
| Settlement Type: | Town and commune |
| Flag Alt: | Flag |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms |
| Map Alt: | Map of Curarrehue commune in the Araucanía Region |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Pushpin Map Narrow: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | -39.35°N -106°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Araucanía |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cautín |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Leader Party: | PPD |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde |
| Leader Name: | Abel Painefilo Barriga |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1981 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1170.7 |
| Population Total: | 6624 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 1862 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 4922 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 3,586 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 3,198 |
| Elevation M: | 406 |
| Area Code: | (+56) 45 |
Curarrehue (pronounced as /es/) is a town and commune in Cautín Province of Araucanía Region, Chile. The origin of Curarrehue dates back to the occupation of Araucanía and the Conquest of the Desert by the Chilean and Argentine army respectively in the 1870s and 1880s when Mapuches were pushed by the Argentine Army through Mamuil Malal Pass into the valley of Curarrehue where they settled.
The town of Curarrehue aside, the second largest settlement in the commune is the village of Catripulli with 424 inhabitants as of 2017.[3]
Geologically the town of Curarrehue is placed on the Reigolil-Pirihueico Fault.
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Curarrehue spans an area of 1170.7sqkm and has 6,784 inhabitants (3,586 men and 3,198 women). Of these, 1,862 (27.4%) lived in urban areas and 4,922 (72.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 13.5% (806 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
As a commune, Curarrehue is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Héctor Carrasco Ruiz (RN).[1]
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Curarrehue is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by René Manuel García (RN) and Fernando Meza (PRSD) as part of the 52nd electoral district, together with Cunco, Pucón, Villarrica, Loncoche, Gorbea and Toltén. The commune is represented in the Senate by José Garcia Ruminot (RN) and Eugenio Tuma Zedan (PPD) as part of the 15th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-South).
Curarrehue has a cool and humid oceanic climate (with a cool-summer Mediterranean tendency), with an average annual precipitation of 2134mm. Summers have mild days and cool nights. Winters are chilly and wetter, with snowfalls. This climate is described by the Köppen climate classification as Cfb.