Official Name: | Varvarco |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and village |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina Neuquén Province#Argentina |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Name1: | Neuquén Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ART |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -36.8°N -112°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Csb |
Varvarco is a village and municipality in Neuquén Province in southwestern Argentina.[1]
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]