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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Nicaragua

The list of Nicaragua bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes 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 private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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03 Sep 2010 (El Pueblo Presidente-Managua) Late last night, Nicaragua's Minister of Labour (Ministra del Poder Ciudadano para los Trabajadores), Jeannette Chávez, announced that Monday, September 13, 2010, would be an additional one-off bridge public holiday for the public sector (para todas las personas trabajadoras del estado). • 09 Jul 2010 (El Pueblo Presidente-Managua) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour (Ministra del Poder Ciudadano para los Trabajadores), Jeannette Chávez, has announced that Tuesday, July 20, 2010, would be a one-off public sector holiday on the occasion of this year's Revolution Day Anniversary (31 aniversario del triunfo de la Revolución Sandinista). • 29 May 2010 (El Pueblo Presidente-Managua) Nicaragua's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has announced that Sunday, May 30, 2010, would be a public holiday on the occasion of this year's Mothers' Day (Día de las Madres). • 27 Apr 2010 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Ministry of Labour has released a communique confirming that, in accordance with Article 66 of Nicaragua's Labour Code, the date of the upcoming Labour Day public holiday would be Saturday, May 1st, 2010. • 17 Mar 2010 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gomez, has announced that the government public sector of Nicaragua would be on public holidays for the entire upcoming Holy Week, that is to say, from Saturday, March 27, until Sunday, April 4, 2010, inclusively. • 07 Dec 2009 (Ministerio del Trabajo-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has announced that MITRAB (Ministerio del Trabajo) had declared public sector holidays from Thursday, December 24, 2009, until Sunday, January 3, 2010, inclusively. • 21 Nov 2009 (El Nuevo Diario-Managua) Nicaragua's Ministerio del Trabajo (Mitrab) has declared a public sector holiday for the afternoon of Monday, December 7, 2009. • 31 Oct 2009 (MITRAB-Managua) Yesterday afternoon, Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeanette Chávez Gómez, issued a communique declaring that Monday, November 2nd, 2009, would be a full-day public holiday for both the private and public sectors. • 16 Sep 2009 (La Prensa-Managua) Nicaragua's Ministerio de Educación (Mined) has announced that the September 16-17 school closings had been extended until Monday morning, September 21, 2009. • 30 Jul 2009 (El Nuevo Diario-Managua) Nicaragua's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has issued a communique clarifying the geographical extent of the upcoming "feriados agostinos" (August 1 and 10), and the consequences of August 1st, 2009, falling on a Saturday. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Nicaragua public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The law governing official public holidays (feriados nacionales y asuetos decretados) in Nicaragua, is the Labour Code of October 30, 1996, and in particular articles 66-67-68 and 264 as well as laws 185 and 290. • Weekend Public Holidays: Article 68 of the Labour Code states that holidays that fall on Sundays are either financially compensated, or an alternative date is given. But giving the alternate date on the following Monday is not a regular practice; these extra days tend to be added to paid vacations, or to complete the afternoon-only public holidays of May 30 and November 2. • Immaculate Conception: although the Ministry of Labour website does not include December 8 as a public holiday, it is included specifically in Article 66 of the Labour Code. • Election Public Holidays are regulated by articles 48 and 51 of the Constitución Política de Nicaragua. • Santo Domingo: the public holidays of Treida de Santo Domingo and Dejada de Santo Domingo are celebrated in the capital city of Managua only. • Municipal Public Holidays: In addition to the above national public holidays, many cities and towns throughout Nicaragua celebrate their own festival and public holidays, usually on the nameday of their patron Saint. • Mothers' Day and All Souls' Day: By tradition, and as resolved by the Ministerio del Trabajo, the afternoons of Mothers' day and of All Souls' day are half-day public holidays. • End-of-the-Year Government Closings: Although this is not an automatic yearly occurrence, in the past years, the Ministry of Labour has announced, in early December, that all non-essential government offices would be closed from the Friday night before Christmas, to the morning of the first working day after January 1. • Nicaragua International Codes NI and NIC (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ni (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Nicaragua information and news: Central Bank of Nicaragua (Nicaragua central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Nicaragua maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Nicaragua), and Wikipedia (includes Nicaragua commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Nicaragua, 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.

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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 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua, before planning any trip to Nicaragua. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.