Varvarco


Varvarco is a village and municipality in Neuquén Province in southwestern Argentina. During the final stages of the independence wars Varvarco, located in indigenous territory, became the main base of the royalist Pincheira brothers, a royalist outlaw gang. More than a hideout the operations of the Pincheiras and their indigenous allies efectively turning Varvarco into a large town with 2000 Chilean women and 40,000 heads of cattle grazing in the nearby countryside.