Valdivia

Infobox settlement | official_name = Valdivia | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = The City of Rivers, The Pearl of the South of Chile, Chile's Brewery Capital | named_for = Pedro de Valdivia | motto = Muy Noble y Muy Leal("Most noble and most loyal") | settlement_type = City and Commune | image_skyline = Montaje de Valdivia.png | 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, Botanical Garden of Valdivia. | image_flag = Flag of Valdivia, Chile.svg | flag_size = | image_shield = Escudo de Valdivia.svg | shield_size = | image_map = Comuna de Valdivia.svg | map_caption = Location of the Valdivia commune in Los Ríos Region | map_alt = Location of the Valdivia commune in Los Ríos Region | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_mapsize = 150 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Los Ríos | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Valdivia | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Alcaldesa | leader_party = RD | leader_name = Carla Amtmann | established_title = Founded as | established_date = Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia | established_title2 = Founded | established_date2 = 9 February 1552 | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1015.