Collipulli is a city and commune forming part of the Malleco Province in the Araucanía Region

Araucanía Region

The IX Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south....

 in southern Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. Its name means "coloured lands" in the Mapuche

Mapuche

The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...

 language spoken in the area. It has a population of 22,354 (2005) and an area of 1296 sqkm. Its current mayor is Leopoldo Rosales Neira (2004–2008).
On 22 November 1867, the city was founded as a military fort during the Occupation of Araucanía.