Realicó is a city in
La Pampa Province
La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza.
History
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, Argentina. It was founded the second of March in 1907 by
Tomás Leopoldo Mullally. The small farming town has a population of about 7,000. There is one stoplight, and it is always blinking. A major employer of the town is the
Cargill
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flour mill, although recently the mill's importance has waned, supporting fewer workers as the economy has become more services-oriented. There are three
high schools, including a technical school (EPET), a business school, and a private,
Catholic school
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(IPSF). There are also private
English schools, including EIR and CELI.
Teenagers from neighboring towns flock to Realicó every Saturday night to go to
Ladrillo Disco, a popular
nightclub
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Nightclubs gener ...
.
References
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External links
City Website(Spanish)
El Ladrillo Disco(Spanish)
Populated places in La Pampa Province
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