Varvarco
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Municipality and village in Neuquén Province, Argentina
36°48′S 70°42′W / 36.800°S 70.700°W / -36.800; -70.700
ArgentinaVarvarco is a village and municipality in Neuquén Province in southwestern Argentina.[1]
History
During the final stages of the independence wars Varvarco, located in indigenous territory, became the main base of the Pincheira brothers, a royalist outlaw gang. More than a hideout the operations of the Pincheiras and their indigenous allies effectively turning Varvarco into a large town with 2000 Chilean women and 40,000 heads of cattle grazing in the nearby countryside.[2]
References
- ^ Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
- ^ Manara, Carla G. (2010). "Movilización en las fronteras. Los Pincheira y el última intento de reconquista hispana en el sur Americano (1818-1832)" (PDF). Revista Sociedad de Paisajes Áridos y Semiáridos (in Spanish). II (II). Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto: 39–60.
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