Valdivia

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Valdivia is a city in southern Chile located where three rivers meet, serving as the capital of Los Ríos Region and Valdivia Province since 2007. It is home to over 110,000 people and was named after its founder, Pedro de Valdivia.

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Settlement.official_name: Valdivia
Settlement.nicknames: The City of Rivers, The Pearl of the South of Chile, Chile's Brewery Capital
Settlement.named_for: Pedro de Valdivia
Settlement.motto: Muy Noble y Muy Leal("Most noble and most loyal")
Settlement.settlement_type: City and Commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Montaje de Valdivia.png
Settlement.image_caption: From top to bottom, left to right: Valdivia waterfront; town square; Hotel Naguilán (top); Sciences Building of Austral University (bottom); Los Canelos tower; Rodolfo Amando Philippi Museum; Historical and Anthropologic Museum Maurice van de Maele; St. Francisco Church; Prochelle House; Dreams Hotel & Casino; Los Lotos Lagoon on Teja Island; Mapuche's Rewe; and Botanical Garden of Valdivia
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Valdivia, Chile.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Valdivia.svg
Settlement.image_map: Comuna de Valdivia.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the Valdivia commune in Los Ríos Region
Settlement.map_alt: Location of the Valdivia commune in Los Ríos Region
Settlement.pushpin_map: Chile
Settlement.pushpin_map_narrow: yes
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 150
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Chile
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Valdivia
Demonym: Valdiviano
Population: 150048
Area: 45.85
Elevation: 5
Official website: www.munivaldivia.cl
Image: Vista de Valdivia (Puente PdeV, 01).jpg
Dialing code: 63

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Commons category: Valdivia
native label: Valdivia
inception: 1552-00-00
postal code: 5090000

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History
Pre-Hispanic times (12,000 BC – 1543)
Ainil
First Spanish city (1544–1604)
Ruins of Valdivia and Dutch occupation (1604–1645)
Second Spanish city (1645–1810)
Independence and growth (1810–1959)
Great Chilean earthquake and Los Lagos Region (1960–2006)
Culture
Spanish colonial influences
German influences
Literature
Demographics
Arts and Scientific research
Trivia
Geography
Geology
Climate
Government and politics
Ecological action
Economy and tourism
Tourism
International Relations
Consulates
Education
Universities and colleges
Schools
Sports
Transport
Roads and bridges
Waterways
Airports
Twin towns – sister cities
Gallery
See also
References
Notes
Sources
External links

Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder, Pedro de Valdivia, and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla. Since October 2007, Valdivia has been the capital of Los Ríos Region and is also the capital of Valdivia Province. The national census of 2025 recorded the commune of Valdivia as having 110,980 inhabitants (Valdivianos), of whom 150,048 were living in the city. The main economic activities of Valdivia include tourism, wood pulp manufacturing, forestry, metallurgy, and beer production. The city is also the home of the Austral University of Chile, founded in 1954, the Centro de Estudios Científicos and one of Chile's three environmental courts.

The city of Valdivia and the Chiloé Archipelago were once the two southernmost outliers of the Spanish Empire. From 1645 to 1740, the city depended directly on the Viceroyalty of Peru, which financed the building of the Valdivian fort system that turned Valdivia into one of the most fortified cities of the New World. In the mid-19th century, Valdivia was the port of entry for German immigrants who settled in the city and surrounding areas.