Valdivia, city in southern Chile, near the mouth of the Valdivia River. It is near the port of Corral on the Pacific Ocean. The city lies in an area of forests and apple orchards. Industries include livestock breeding, food processing, paper milling, brewing, flour milling, and the manufacture of metallurgical goods, lumber, leather, and wood products. Seaside resorts lie nearby, and the city is a point of entry to the lake-district resorts to the east. The Southern University of Chile was established here in 1954. Founded in 1552 by Pedro de Valdivia, a lieutenant of the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro, the city has a large German colony founded in the 1850s. In 1818 it was the site of a Chilean victory in the wars of independence. Population (1998) 133,106.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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