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 In ...

, 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

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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

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, including a technical school (EPET), a business school, and a private,

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(IPSF). There are also private

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, including EIR and CELI.

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from neighboring towns flock to Realicó every Saturday night to go to Ladrillo Disco, a popular

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References

External links

City Website
(Spanish)
El Ladrillo Disco
(Spanish) Populated places in La Pampa Province {{LaPampa-geo-stub