Valdivia (disambiguation)

Valdivia may refer to:

Places

Chile

• Valdivia, a city and municipality in the Province of Valdivia
• Valdivia River, a river which begins in the city of Valdivia
• Valdivia Province, the Province of Valdivia
• Valdivian Coastal Range, part of the bigger Chilean Coastal Range
• Valdivian Coastal Reserve, a natural reserve south of the city of Valdivia
• Valdivia National Reserve, a natural reserve south of the city of Valdivia
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia
• Lo Valdivia, a minor town in O'Higgins Region
• Valdivia Volcano, an old name for Mocho-Choshuenco
• Valdivia Lake, an old name for Llanquihue Lake
• Valdivia Fracture Zone, a geological fracture zone in Nazca Plate

Colombia

• Valdivia, Antioquia, a municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia
• Valdivia Department, former department in Antioquia State

Ecuador

• Valdivia, Ecuador, a minor town in Guayas Province

Spain

• Valdivia, Badajoz, a minor town near Badajoz in Extremadura

The Sub-Antarctic

• Cape Valdivia, on Bouvetøya

Antarctica

• Valdivia Point

Red Sea

• Valdivia Deep

Culture

Ecuador

• Valdivia culture

Chile

• Valdivia International Film Festival
• Deportes Valdivia

People

• Pedro de Valdivia (1497–1553), first royal governor of Chile and founder of several cities in the country, including that bearing his name
• Jorge Valdivia (born 1983), Chilean football player currently playing for Palmeiras
• Pierrick Valdivia (born 1988), French football player, former of Olympique Lyonnais, currently playing for CS Sedan Ardennes
• Luis de Valdivia (1560–1642), Spanish jesuit that advocated for a defensive war during the Arauco War
• Javier Valdivia (born 1941), former Mexican footballer
• Jose Valdivia, Jr., a Peruvian jockey
• Noelle Valdivia, American playwright
• Julio César Valdivia (born 1982), Mexican football goalkeeper
• Alberto Valdivia Baselli (born 1977), Peruvian poet
• Rey Alejandro Conde Valdivia, Mexican conductor (music)
• Juan Valdivia (born 1965), guitarist in Spanish rock band Héroes del Silencio
• Wanderson Ferreira de Oliveira known as Valdívia (born 1994), Brazilian footballer

Other

• Valdivian temperate rain forests, a temperate broad-leaf and mixed forest ecoregion located on the west coast of southern South America
• Valdivia, the name for the Eemian interglacial period, around 130,000–114,000 years ago, in Chile
• Valdivian Fort System, colonial fortifications made to protect the city of Valdivia (The key of the South seas, Gibraltar of the Pacific)
• Valdivia (plant), a genus in the family Escalloniaceae
• Valdivia (crab), a genus in the family Trichodactylidae
• Valdivia (moth), a former genus in the family Pyralidae
• Flag of Valdivia, the flag of the city of Valdivia
• Capture of Valdivia, a battle in the Chilean War of Independence
• Pedro de Valdivia Avenue, a street in Santiago, Chile
• Pedro de Valdivia metro station
• Pedro de Valdivia Bridge, a bridge in Valdivia, Chile
• 2741 Valdivia, an asteroid
• Chilean landing ship Valdivia (LST-93), a landing ship tank vessel acquired from the United States in 1995 and decommissioned in 2011
• Valdivia Expedition, German Deep Sea Expedition of 1898-99.