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Bank and Public Holidays for
Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba (BES)
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Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from
the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database,
the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by
the world's
foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for
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Holiday Name |
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Sun |
New Year's Day
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Mon |
Carnival Holiday
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Fri |
Good Friday
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Sun |
Easter
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Easter Monday
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Queen's Birthday / Rincon Day
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Tue |
Labour Day
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Thu |
Ascension Day
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Sun |
Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
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Thu |
Bonaire Flag Day (Bonaire)
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Statia Day / St. Eustatius Flag Day (St. Eustatius)
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Saba Flag Day (Saba)
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Kingdom Day
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Tue |
Christmas Day
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Wed |
Second Day of Christmas
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Recent News and Updates |
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10 Jan 2012 (Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire-Kralendijk) The Bonaire government has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, for the calendar year 2012.
23 Nov 2011 (Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire-Kralendijk) The Bonaire government has confirmed that the December 15, Kingdom Day, public holiday would remain a non-working public holiday in Bonaire.
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Background Information |
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Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba became an independent country on October 10, 2010.
For Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba public holidays from before October 10, 2010, see the Netherlands Antilles list of official public holidays.
Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba International Codes BQ and BES (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .nl (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba maps, demographics and economic statistics), and Wikipedia (includes Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays). |
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Footnotes |
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. |
Disclaimer
In many parts of
the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local
authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of
2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, we
cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented
above. You are therefore advised to verify
the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, before planning any
trip to Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit
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