Valdivia
Valdivia is a city, commune and municipality in southern Chile. Valdivia is the capital of Los Ríos Region (Spanish for Region of the Rivers), one of Chile's 16 regions. Valdivia is most known for being the city most affected by the Great Chilean Earthquake.
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| Location of the Valdivia commune in Los Ríos Region Location of the Valdivia commune in Los Ríos Region | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′50″S 73°14′45″W / 39.81389°S 73.24583°WCoordinates: 39°48′50″S 73°14′45″W / 39.81389°S 73.24583°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Los Ríos |
| Province | Valdivia |
| Founded as | Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia |
| Founded | 9 February 1552 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Bernardo Berger Fett (RN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,015.6 km2 (392.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2002 Census)[3] | |
| • Total | 140,559 |
| • Density | 138.400/km2 (358.454/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 129,952 |
| • Rural | 10,607 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 68,510 |
| • Women | 72,049 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Website | Municipality of Valdivia |
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Images
- Mercado de Valdivia.JPG
- Árbol Navidad Kunstmann.jpg
- UACh-Centro de Educación Continua-noche.JPG
- Vista de Valdivia (04).jpg
Valdivia Media
- Pedro de Valdivia.jpg
Picture of Pedro de Valdivia, conquistador of Chile and founder of Valdivia
- Torreon23.jpg
Image of Torreón El Canelo restored in the 1850s. It is one of two remaining Spanish towers in Valdivia used to defend the city and one of the few remaining colonial structures
- Tomadevaldivia.JPG
A painting of the assault on Corral fort
- CamiloHenríquez.JPG
Friar Camilo Henríquez born in Valdivia was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Chile
- Valdivia after earthquake, 1960.jpg
A street in Valdivia after the earthquake of 22 May 1960
- Regiondelosrios.jpg
Picture of Michelle Bachelet's visit to Valdivia in 2007 in which she confirmed the creation of Los Ríos Region
- Entrada Cervecería Kunstmann.jpg
Kunstmann Brewery, Valdivia, Chile
Map of Valdivia and its surroundings
- Valdivia Vista.JPG
View of Valdivia from west
References
- ↑ (in Spanish) "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades". Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ↑ (in Spanish) "Municipality of Valdivia". Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (in Spanish) "National Statistics Institute". Retrieved 7 February 2010.
Other websites
Media related to Valdivia at Wikimedia Commons
