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The education is provided from kindergarten to high school level with the public N°88 Elementary and CPEM N°75 high school. As of 2010, there were some schools in the rural areas, however the CPEM N°75 has been for years the only high school in the department, receiving students from the surrounding
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Province's interior labor market are available. Health care is provided by Doctor Carlos Potente Hospital.
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communities in the rural areas of the Catan Lil
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