Melipeuco

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Melipeuco

|other_name =

|native_name =

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Town and Commune

|motto =

|image_skyline = Zoom_Al_Llaima._-_panoramio.jpg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = Street in Melipeuco and Llaima Volcano in the background.

|image_flag =

|flag_size =

| flag_alt = Flag

|image_shield =

|shield_size =

| shield_alt = Coat of arms

|image_map = Comuna de Melipeuco.svg

|map_caption = Map of Melipeuco commune in the Araucania Region

|map_alt = Map of Melipeuco commune in the Araucania Region

|pushpin_map = Chile

|pushpin_label_position = bottom

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile

| pushpin_map_narrow = 1

|coor_pinpoint = city

|coordinates_footnotes =

|coordinates = {{coord|38|51|S|71|42|W|region:CL-AR|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Chile

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Araucanía

|subdivision_type2 = Province

|subdivision_name2 = Cautín

| government_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.munitel.cl/ |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades |accessdate=23 February 2011 |language=es |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419202659/http://www.munitel.cl/ |archivedate=19 April 2011 }}{{Cite web |url = http://www.melipeuco.cl/ |title = Municipality of Melipeuco |accessdate = 23 February 2011 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170915001335/http://melipeuco.cl/ |archive-date = 15 September 2017 |url-status = dead }}

| government_type = Municipality

| leader_title = Alcalde

| leader_party = UDI

| leader_name = Eduardo Navarrete Fuentes

|established_title =

|established_date =

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |accessdate=13 December 2010|language=es}}

| area_total_km2 = 1107.3

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 461

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 5590

| population_as_of = 2012 Census

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym =

| population_blank1_title = Urban

| population_blank1 = 2333

| population_blank2_title = Rural

| population_blank2 = 3295

| demographics_type1 = Sex

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Men

| demographics1_info1 = 2,906

| demographics1_title2 = Women

| demographics1_info2 = 2,722

| timezone = CLT{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}

| utc_offset = -4

| timezone_DST = CLST{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}

| utc_offset_DST = -3

|postal_code_type =

|postal_code =

|area_code = country 56 + city 45

|website = {{URL|http://www.melipeuco.cl}}

|footnotes =

}}

Melipeuco ({{IPA|es|meliˈpewko}}) is a town and commune ({{langx|es|comuna}}) in Chile, located at the foot of the Andes, in the Province of Cautín, Araucanía Region. Melipeuco is {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} from the southern entrance of the Conguillío National Park. The Nevados de Sollipulli, an ice-filled volcanic caldera surrounded by numerous hot water springs and geysers, lie south of the town. Lake Carilafquén is also located in this area. At the edge of the Nevados de Sollipulli, at the Alpehue intersection {{convert|33|km|0|abbr=on}} away, there are several hot springs with water from {{convert|40|to|70|C|F}}, even in the middle of glacier blocks.