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 , 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 Colo-Colo Pierrick Valdivia (born 1988), French football player, former of Olympique Lyonnais, currently playing for Guingamp 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 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,