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Where did Benito Juárez get his education?

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Benito Juárez began his formal education in 1821 at a church school in Oaxaca. He originally studied for the priesthood, but in 1829 he entered the Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences (now Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca) to study law and science. In 1831 he received a law degree.