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Varvarco
Varvarco
Municipality and village
	Varvarco Varvarco
	Coordinates: 36°48′S 70°42′W / 36.800°S 70.700°W
Country	Argentina
Province	Neuquén Province
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
Climate	Csb

Varvarco 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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[1] Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)

[Manara2010-2] 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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